I recently got a set of three (yes, three) of Mr. Sherwood's smooth brass chop cups; I thought I'd post some thoughts.

First, lots of people have said it before, but I'll say it again... the Sherwood design is excellent. The bead position allows a very natural positioning of the fingers while allowing easy retention or placing. The dual bead also makes for a large attic space, enough for three balls to fit between two stacked cups. The beading is also deceptive in that it somehow makes the cup look smaller than it is - the load ball (tennis ball sized) doesn't look like it should fit in the cup. The weight is ideal - solid and heavy, but not so heavy that the cups are hard to handle.

The smooth brass finish is gorgeous - looks almost golden.

The chop mechanism is very well fitted and robust, and isn't visible on a casual inspection (unlike other chop cups I've had). The strength is exactly right; strong enough to be totally reliable but not too strong. Several moves are possible with these cups that aren't with any others I know of.

These are the best chop cups I've ever seen.

Thank you for sharing.

Would you care to elaborate in Secret Sessions?

You have a top notch state of the art set of cups to work with, congratulations. The brass are very pretty
and do indeed look "golden".

Hmmm, are you splitting them and selling them as seperate chop cups or keeping them as a set of 3? I could do with a smooth brass CC to match my set of regular cups...

Bri

Panlives - sure; thread started.

cupsandballsmagic - Hands off! I'm not selling them! They're mine, mine, my preciousss.
Ahem. Yup, I'm keeping them as a set of three. I'll use them (in rotation) as singles when I'm doing just a chop cup routine.