Item L17
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This unusual lap joint design was made out of boards of Walnut and Tulipwood. Boards of the two different woods were clamped together and cut in a curved double arc. Then the Tulipwood end piece was inserted into the walnut blade piece with glue added to from a permanent bond. When Leni made lap joints in this method, he always used a soft wood and hard wood combo to insure a compliant fit without gaps. Tulipwood is also denser than Walnut, so using Tulipwood for tips is just like adding lead weights to improve flight range. This boomerang is not signed or dated, but I acquired it from Leni in 1984. This boomerang is a very nice flyer with a flight range of 30-35 metres. It is from my personal collection and it is in mint condition. A very fine collectible.
Leni Barker is a professional woodworker from Central California. Leni has been making and throwing boomerangs since the early 1980s. Leni served as the Secretary of the USBA in 1985 and 1986. Leni used his professional woodworking skills to make strip laminated and lap joint boomerangs that were good flyers and very different from what other manufacturers were making. Leni's most popular models were lap joints made out of a combination of soft and hard woods. He would cut complicated curves in both pieces at the same time and then press the hardwood and softwood pieces together to get a tight interference fit. Leni also laminated tropical hardwoods and metals into the boomerang surfaces to create attractive finished boomerangs. Only a limited number of Leni's boomerangs were offered for sale. The most popular model was a lap joint made out of Redwood boards and called the " Sweet Heart ". |
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