Until I did a Google for the meaning of French Point, I thought all razor blades for shaving were the same. Not that I know any better since I use a pocket electric shaver on Read More
Tag: sequential movement
Hanayama Cast Ring
I have had the Cast Ring for quite a long time now, one of those puzzles that I bought a while back, stacked it together with other puzzles in the puzzle cupboard out of sight Read More
Two In Frame Type B
Now here is a rather nice 2-piece interlocking caged burr puzzle that I had some fun playing with. Two In Frame (TIF) is the design of Andrey Ustjuzhanin of Russia. Ustjuzhanin has to-date 115 puzzle designs Read More
Hanayama Cast Dial
The Cast Dial is the work of Vesa Timonen of Finland, who has todate designed a large number of Cast puzzles for Hanayama as well as other non-Cast puzzles. A really nice soft-spoken gentleman whom Read More
Chinese Puzzle Box
This Chinese puzzle box came to me courtesy of Otis Cheng during IPP37 in Paris this past August. Those of you who know Otis and friends with him would know him by his signature style Read More
Cubi 20 Packing Puzzle
My copy of Cubi 20 came courtesy of Frederic Boucher. Frederic had contacted me several months before IPP37 this past August to ask if I wanted to play with his Cubi 20 and give him Read More
L(8)tice-2 Interlocking Burr
My L(8)tice-2 interlocking burr design came about after I saw Andrei Ivanov from Russia selling copies of his Lattice Xi-2 on his metal puzzles site Mertallofactua. Andrei’s Lattice Xi-2 is an “enhanced version of the Read More
Puzzle Trick Locks – Haleslock 4 & Chinese Combination Locks
Haleslock 4 Apart from being hosted in the beautiful city of Paris, France, IPP37 is also an event to remember for the wonderful exchange puzzles; most notably the exchange of not one, not two but Read More
Hanayama Cast Mobius
Oskar van Deventer may be very well-known in the twisty puzzle circles for his unusual twisty designs. But he also has 15 Hanayama cast puzzle designs to his name! These include the Cast Twist, Cast Read More
The Eiffel (Tower) Burr
If I thought the Eiffel Burr interlocking puzzle was anything like the Vivaldi Burr, both designed by Rene Dawir, I couldn’t be further from the truth. More about this later. The Eiffel Burr was Rene’s Read More
CrossFit & Micro Hex Prototypes
CrossFit My CrossFit puzzle was inspired by two puzzles. First, it was Goh Pit Khiam’s Number Blocks which appeared at IPP35 in Ottawa, Canada. That puzzle had four pieces which danced in and out of Read More
S’Paid In Full
S’Paid In Full is the 4th and last puzzle instalment in Scott Elliot’s playing cards suit series of Exchange Puzzles. Notice the choice of words for the name of his puzzle? This suit series started Read More
Long & Short
This is an interesting Stewart Coffin designed puzzle that was exchanged by Rob Jones at IPP37 in Paris this past August. It’s also my first “pin-hole” puzzle from Coffin. Looking at the photos you will Read More
Moulin Rouge
Moulin Rouge, a “trick opening” puzzle is designed by Stephan Baumegger and it also won a “Top 10 Vote Getter Award” during the IPP37 Puzzle Design Competition. Stephan is a prolific puzzle designer (at last count with Read More
Number Blocks
Designed by my dear friend and fellow Singaporean Goh Pit Khiam (Goh is the family name), the Number Blocks is a “packing puzzle” that won a Honourable Jury Mention at the IPP35 Nob Yoshigahara Puzzle Design Read More