Lorin Hawes is one of Australia's most famous boomerang manufacturers. Lorin is an American who moved to Australia in the early 1960s and started a boomerang factory that produced large quantities of wonderful plywood traditional boomerangs. The Wham-O plastic traditional boomerang is based on Lorin's famous M-17 design. Lorin occasionally made special traditional boomerangs out of lapped Australian hardwood boards. The most famous of these lapped boomerangs was the Silky Spinner which was made out of Silky Oak (also called Lacewood in the USA). Lorin also made Spinners out of other Aussie hardwoods such as Blackbean and Hoop Pine. Lorin is also well known for the wonderful book that he authored titled " All About Boomerangs ". Although Lorin no longer makes boomerangs, his daughter, Jenny Stone, has a thriving business making boomerangs. These are marketed around the world in large numbers.

This very large traditional boomerang is very rare. I have only seen a few of these in all the years that I have been a boomerang collector. It is also the only one I have seen in mint condition You can find a picture of a similar traditional boomerang with copper plate on page 61 of Lorin Hawes' famous hard cover boomerang book. The underside of the elbow has the lettering " Hawes Boomerangs Australia ". Very nice and a wonderful collectable.