A Designer Nostalgic for His Childhood Creates Hand-Painted Tops When the Pakistani designer Tahir Mahmood, 43, moved to Toronto five years ago, he vowed to give his son, Efan, who was 4 at the time, the pleasure of two pastimes Mr. Mahmood had enjoyed growing up in Lahore. Kite flying was easy, but playing with spinning tops proved trickier. Mr. Mahmood had trouble finding wooden tops. "So I designed this set for my kids," he said. His Pumbeeri tops are lathed from Dalbergia sissoo wood, a native Pakistani rosewood, and hand-painted with pigmented sap derived from cedar and jujube berries. The toys are made by artisans in a workshop that Mr. Mahmood created in his family home in Lahore. The tops, roughly six inches long, are sold in a set of six. About $49 at Pimlico Design Gallery, 643 Dupont Street, Toronto, (416) 538-0909; pimlicogallery.com.