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[Larry D.]

These beautiful finger spinners were given to me by my colleague Ramu. 
THANK YOU Ramu!!!! 
 
The tops are from Etikoppaka, India. 
Etikoppaka is a small village on the banks of Varaha River in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh.
The village is known for wood toys made with lacquer colors.
 
Here is an article with a bit more detail:
http://etikoppaka.in/index.html

[Larry D.]

and,
A short video:

[the Earl of Whirl]

Yes, very nice looking finish on those tops!

[ta0]

Nice!

Two of the tops look like tippy tops but on the video they don't show any sign of wanting to flip.

[Larry D.]

You are correct ta0. 
Yes, they are resting in the photo, just catching their breath between flips.

[jochs12]

Those are a nice collection of tops.  You have a really nice set of international friends! 

How do the Tippy Tops spin once they have flipped with what looks like a rather large flat area?  Or is is concaved?

Also, the top middle top looks "boomerangable" 

[Larry D.]

Those are a nice collection of tops.  You have a really nice set of international friends! 

How do the Tippy Tops spin once they have flipped with what looks like a rather large flat area?  Or is is concaved?

Also, the top middle top looks "boomerangable" 

Yes, I am truly fortunate to have such wonderful international friends. 

Boomerangable…that will give me something to work on over the weekend.  I haven’t figured out how to wrap it yet.

I’ll post a video of a Tippy Top spinning upright as soon as it uploads to YouTube.

The flat area is actually slightly curved, here is a photo which I hope captures the curve…

[Larry D.]

Here is the video folks

[jochs12]

Thanks for the video.

With the Boomeranging you will probably have to use beigoma or Ta0's Cuper Keychain (How do you wrap a Cuper keychain?) style.

Good Luck!

[Marty]

Beautiful tops Larry.