This one is built around the wood rather than the colour, so the blanks are picked over before anything is cut. Stems that will sit together in a set are chosen for how their grain will read once the spiral opens it up, because a rope cut across a plain length of wood looks flat next to one cut across figure.

After boring and turning, the twist is cut tighter than on the Oxblood, with more turns over the same length. That takes longer and leaves less wood behind, so the carver has to keep the depth honest all the way down or the stem loses its strength at the thin end.

There is no stain. The colour is the wood itself brought up with oil, worked in and wiped back over several passes until the grain darkens and the surface stops drinking. The brass at the tip is put on as two narrow bands rather than one wide collar, which keeps the weight down at the end you hold.