Omega Lap Joint with wood from all 7 continents [TB510]

In the early 1980s, Lorin Hawes acquired a small branch
of Antarctic Beech from an Australian Scientist who picked
up a dead branch from this very rare protected species that
exists only at the extreme tip of the Antarctic peninsula
that projects up towards Patagonia in South America. The
scientist challenged Lorin to make a boomerang with woods
from all 7 continents using this branch to represent the
continent of Antarctica. Lorin did not feel that he could do
this with the 2 or 3 piece lap joints that he made, so he
sent the branch to me with the same challenge. I carefully
cut the branch into several strips and used the strips to
make several of these 7 continent boomerangs. The first one
that I made was sent to Lorin Hawes. You can see a photo of
it at the upper left on the cover of his soft cover book
titled ” All About Boomerangs “, co-authored with John Mauro
in 1987. This is the third ” 7 continents ” boomerang that I
made and it was constructed in 1986.

Antarctic Beech is the thin
dark strip that acts as a border about 4 inches from each
tip. The Antarctic Beech is bordered using two strips of
Baltic Birch plywood from Europe . Both blades have a
complex pattern at the tips. The crimson strips at the outer
edges is an Acacia species from Africa called Vermilion. There
is a thin strip of dark Walnut between the Vermilion and the
central pattern on the tips. this wood is from North America. The strips that
form an oscillating saw tooth pattern is Silky Oak from Australia . Lorin Hawes sent me
this wood for the 7 continent project. The upper surface of
the elbow has Mahogany from South
America . The entire lower surface is made out of Teak
from South East Asia .

Handedness: Right Handed
Span: 33
cm
Weight: 90 gm

Historical sale price: $350
Historical sale date: 19 June 2024