Mader Ara Spinning Top

A long-stemmed maple top that spins for up to 105 seconds and looks beautiful doing it.

The Ara is the middle child of Mader's signature stem-top family — larger than the Spaghetti (3.5cm diameter) and smaller than the Arabella (7.5cm) — and many people find it the most satisfying of the three to spin. The stem is long and elegant, inviting you to try it as a finger top or between two palms; the low, wide body gives it the stability to reward both approaches. Handcrafted from a single piece of maple at Klaus Mader's workshop in the Austrian Alps, hand-painted in your choice of blue or green, with the burned equator stripe that identifies every original Mader top. Difficulty level 3 of 6. Pairs with the larger Arabella or smaller Spaghetti to build out the family.

• Maple wood stem top, 4.7cm diameter — finger top or two-handed top
• Spin time up to 105 seconds with practice
• Difficulty level 3 of 6 — medium challenge, grows with the spinner
• Available in Blue or Green 
• Hand-painted and varnished in Austria — burned equator stripe on every original Mader top

Mader Kreiselmanufaktur was founded in 1991 by Klaus Mader, a carpenter who loved spinning tops and wanted to make them properly. His workshop sits in the foothills of the Austrian Alps, and each top is handcrafted — often by Klaus himself — from a single piece of sustainably sourced European hardwood. Some tops go through up to 20 individual processes: turning, burning, embossing, carving, brushing, painting, and varnishing. Every original Mader top is identifiable by the burned stripe around its equator. The colour method guarantees 100 years of colorfastness.