While more and more 3D-printed puzzles are popping up in the market, we were missing metal puzzle designers and my post will bring you an happy smile on your face!
With only 2 metal puzzles designed so far, I can you the level of skills behind the guy!
His name? Garrett Mathias
His website? CLICK HERE
Garrett designed 2 puzzles (OurGlass and Cogas) but I am sure he will come up with more ideas. From his first 2 puzzles, the future sounds very promising !!
Let's talk about the two puzzles now!
I hope you get the pun?
It can be considered as a fidget toy or a puzzle for the less experienced puzzlers!
It took me few seconds to solve and the mechanism is not new but the quality is so nice that, even if you're an experienced puzzler, you should buy it :)
No need to mention that the shape is original and I have never seen a hourglass puzzle so far. Also you can use it as a display stand as well for a tiny puzzle (or a real hourglass?)
So I do advise you OurGlass puzzle (becoming MyGlass puzzle when you have it....ok sorry...lol) if you're looking for a nice small puzzle that will stand well in your puzzle cabinet.
Now we can talk about "real" puzzle!
The look is nice and clean and may remind you of some famous Dutch puzzle designers. However there are many differences, the first one being the size.
So the goal here is to remove the lid, so far nothing special....but the lid does not move...and nothing seems to move. No external tools allowed, no saws!
What else can we say? There is like a small hole on the body of the cylinder. And unless I am blind there are no tools visible!
The puzzle can be classified as Sequential Discovery puzzle because you will get tools to use. This information can be spoilery but I am sure people like to know what puzzle they have in front of them :)
Cogas is perfectly made, it's amazing for a 1st puzzle from a new designer, really! And I have not talked about the mechanism and solution yet (don't worry, I won't spoil it)
The puzzle is a mix of already known mechanism and new ones, it's very very devilish and, trust me, this is a very challenging puzzle!
You may stare at his during long time.... I am pretty sure that you won't even understand the mechanism despite all being visible. This is definitively a super clever mechanism.
For me, among all the cylinder puzzles, this is the most interesting one and one of the cheapest.
Your ROI (Return On Investment) is very high with Cogas. As for puzzles, Return is measured in terms of how satisfactory the solution is, if it will bring you "ha-ah" moments, if you will want to solve it again, if you won't feel shame to show it to your friends, etc. The investment being only money, this one is cheap compared to other puzzles in the same category!
Cogas is on my favourite puzzle list for 2023, for sure!
You can buy them on Garrett website!
And if a good news does not come along, I have another good news: you can use my reduction code to get a discount on your total price to pay !!
Use PIW to get 5% off (puzzle for you: can you guess why "PIW"?)
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