The "127" shape is one of Savinelli's lighter classic straight Billiard variations, a style accentuated by its saddle-bit stem. Each briar of the Tortuga series sports not only a tortoiseshell-patterned stem, but also a domed, shell-like cap with a foam-rubber stopper. The purpose of the latter is to preserve an unfinished smoke which one wishes to pick up again and finish later.