3D Tessit-Hex, designed by Joseph Tamir, abt 1993. Get the pieces in the tray. A little tricky, but not terribly difficult.

Granny's Tea - "Granny's Hammer" by Kelly Snake, with original instructions. Labeled #10.

All Tetra Stick - Osanori Yamamoto, Pelikan. Lovely, well made puzzle.

XMatrix Cubus 3D marble maze. An interesting variation on the metal ball-in-a-cubic maze. Plastic.

A-Pack designed by Terry Smart, made by Eric Fuller. Get the pieces in the tray. Eric's description says that there's a level-12 sliding-around you need to do to get the first couple of pieces in position.

Put the 9 orange slices in the brandy glass.

Labysnakes design by Marcel Gillen, made by Alain Zalmanski and Gillen, put together 8 colored tricubes to make a 2x3x4 solid in 3 different ways with 3 different colored snakes. IPP 29 exchange.

Cube in Cube, by Constantin. Try to assemble the pieces inside the frame. Some tiny dings to a couple of the pieces.

Burr Circus, Stewart Coffin #116. Made by Allen Rolfs. This is a 3.4 burr, skewed. Rolfs has engraved his name on the end of one of the pieces. This was an IPP29 exchange puzzle.

An 8-piece pinned cube, very nicely made by Ken Ewers. IPP32 exchange puzzle, includes solution.

Karakuri Creation Group Xmas present 2008

Choreographed Motion, by Andreas Röver. Four pieces in a frame that interact with each other as you try to remove them.

Can you open the cylinder?

A nice puzzle that is not so easy to find now.

Remove the centre from the cube.

A brilliant puzzle from the elusive Roger D. This one show signs of handling over the years but functions perfectly.

A brilliant puzzle from the elusive Roger D. This one show signs of handling over the years but functions perfectly.

A fun challenge to get the red snake out of the frame.

A disentanglement puzzle from Loncrain Broxton (Lagoon Games)

This knife is actually not sharp but despite there being no spring mechanism in it you are able to get the blade to retract as though it has been pulled into the handle by a spring (if you know the secret). Maybe more of a magic trick than a puzzle but thought some might be interested in it.