VIP Lock-Block Burr Puzzle ***

This burr puzzle is made of 12 parts. You have to take them apart and put them together again. It is made of padouk wood, maple wood and black walnut.
Not a traditional burr puzzle, howeverstill a burr. A burr puzzle is an interlocking puzzle consisting of notched sticks, combined to make one 3D, usually symmetrical unit. Quality burr puzzles are precision-made for easy sliding and accurate fitting of the pieces. In recent years the definition of "burr" is expanding, as puzzle designers use this name for puzzles not necessarily of stick-based pieces. This lock-block puzzle is a perfect example.
The term is attributed to the finished shape of many of these puzzles, resembling a seed burr. The term "burr puzzle" is officially mentioned for the first time in a 1928 book by Edwin Wyatt, but the text implies that it was commonly used before. Records of such puzzles can be found in German catalogues from the late 18th century and early 19th century. Also, an engraved image in an encyclopaedia from 1698. But there are claims of the burr being a Chinese invention, like other classic puzzles such as the Tangram. The puzzle known as "The Chinese Cross" is in fact the most well-known and presumably the oldest of burr puzzles. That makes the burr puzzle over 1000 years old.
Warning! Not suitable for children under 36 months.