The Spinning Top Wall
Foreverspin makes one spinning top, the same shape every time, and turns it in a long list of metals. Line them up and the only thing left to compare is the material: its color, its weight in the hand, the way it wears. Each top here is photographed off its base and labeled with the metal it is made of.
The metals thirty-five tops
Mystery tops and limited editions twenty-five tops
Foreverspin slips mystery tops into orders as gifts and releases limited editions in colors that come and go. The company doesn’t say what the mystery tops are made of, so these are labeled by color and edition instead.
Quick answers
Which spinning top is the heaviest, and which the lightest?
Tungsten, at 60 g — Foreverspin calls it the master top — and magnesium at 6 g, ten times lighter and the fastest-spinning of them all. The same shape, so the difference is entirely the metal.
How much does a tungsten spinning top weigh?
Foreverspin’s tungsten top is 60 g. For scale, the stainless steel original is 28 g, titanium 16 g, silver 37 g and copper 32 g; every top on this page is labeled with its weight.
What steel spinning tops are there?
Stainless Steel (the 28 g original), S.S. Mirror with its 10-day polish, Stainless Steel Damascus, M2 high-speed steel, Golden-Inox and CarbonChromium — six steels, each a different pattern or finish on the same form.
Are all Foreverspin tops the same shape?
Yes. One shape, turned in a long list of metals, which is the point of lining them up: the only thing left to compare is the material — its color, its weight in the hand and the way it wears.
What are Foreverspin mystery tops?
Tops the company slips into orders as gifts, alongside limited editions in colors that come and go. Foreverspin doesn’t say what they are made of, so the twenty-five here are labeled by color and edition, all 9 g.