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Simpleton

Simplicity of design and elegance in motion can make for historically great inventions or products throughout history. The same can be said for puzzles.

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Voyages Extraordinaires – Part I

In 1866 (so the story goes) nations around the globe begin sighting a mysterious sea monster.

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A Day at the Circus

What has 114 individual parts, weighs almost 1.5 kg, pays homage to a petting zoo, the circus, an Angel, Harry Potter, and has been confused with a berry?

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Coasting Along

Watching a coast as it slips by the ship is like thinking about an enigma. There it is before you, smiling, frowning, inviting, grand, mean, insipid, or savage, and always mute with an air of whispering, "Come and find out". ― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

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King of Hearts

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves

Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;

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Piston

Louis Sullivan was the pioneering American architect of the Chicago “Prairie School” style which embraced his famous tenet “form follows function”.

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Brass Monkey 5

What’s heavy and made of brass, has six pieces that fit together, looks the same as four other things and is totally different?

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Brass Lighthouse

Whenever I am visiting a destination where there is a lighthouse, I find a way to fit that into the journey and see it with my own eyes. So here we are again taking a little tour, or detour, to another.

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Goldilock

It’s been a minute since we visited our old friend the locksmith so it’s high time we hail him again. Masquerading by day as Kent’s own master locksmith (when he isn’t a master carpenter), this English entrepreneur has the key to your every locked away desire.

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The Joy of Hex

From the mischievous minds at play in the Two Brass Monkeys workshop in merry old England comes their most raucous achievement yet, a set of twelve hexagonal burrs stick puzzles that are sure to make you blush.

A spirited journey through the world of collectible artisan puzzles