Here it is, the puzzle that started my lifelong interest: Not the Rubik’s Cube – that’s in the picture for scale – it’s the wooden burr puzzle. It’s a simple six-piece burr puzzle, well-made (but hardly an objet d’art), and my grandmother gave it to me when I was in 5th or 6th grade. Over the years, she and others in my family contributed all kinds of different puzzles to my collection. I plan to blog about them periodically […]
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Popp’s Tricklock T8
I’ve been meaning to post reviews of some of my favorite puzzles for a while now and Rainer Popp‘s Tricklock T8 has the honor of being my first review! I will be brief: It is really expensive. It is beautifully made. I mean it, it’s gorgeous. It is made from stainless steel, brass, and has some details (e.g., a dot of red paint) that make it look fantastic. It is precision made with high tolerances that […]
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Well, I sold my first batch of puzzles (the triangle and greek cross puzzles) and have moved on to more difficult ones. Henry Dudeney, brilliant guy that he is, came up with a dissection for turning a square into a pentagon and you can read about his method and the misprint I found in the diagram accompanying his solution here. I also found a dissection for turning a square into a hexagon by Harry Lindgren. He wrote about it […]
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