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Half-Hour - Stewart Coffin Design #29 by John Devost

Canuck 327

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$131.00

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I made a couple of copies of this classic cube design last year and now offering up this one that has pieces made from Walnut.

The Box and Lid is made from Wenge with Maple slipfeathers. Sleeve is Maple.

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Half-Hour - Stewart Coffin Design #29 by John Devost

Canuck 327

$131.00

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Chequered Binary Cube by Kevin Holmes/Jacques Haubrich

Tube It In - William Strijbos by John Devost

Martin’s Menace or Four Fit - Stewart Coffin Design #217 by John Devost

Trench’s Triple Trouble by Kevin Holmes