Cocobolo bottle stopper

Description

There is lots of color in this wood. I saw purple, orange and reds emerge as I was turning it. Now that it's finished (sanded, buffed, oiled, polished and buffed again) its all rich browns - cocoa and chocolates! (Perhaps that's where the name came from.)

This Central American wood is dense, heavy (once upon a time it was actually used as ballast in ships) and despite it's size 5 3/4 inches tall and 1 1/2 at it's widest, the low center of gravity of the stainless steel bottom helps is sit up and keep watch, ever vigilant, over your Syrah or Muscat.

As with all the other stoppers I make, this one is machined from a solid piece of stainless steel, not chrome plated that will flake off. Ever.

Added on Oct 28, 2009