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

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

Canuck 352
Item Location: Canada

$112.00

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G****3 34 $112.00 26.02.2023 00:11:46
r****u 18 $102.00 26.02.2023 00:11:46
G****3 34 $75.00 19.02.2023 19:40:30
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This awesome tray design by Stewart is a classic puzzle design that has even stumped long time puzzle collectors, hence the name change.

There have been many laser cut and printed copies produced over the years but I thought I might make a few copies using my traditional method.

These are crafted using 3/4” cubes with my usual solid wood floating bottom with everything lacquered and triple buffed.



Here’s a description from Stewart:


“For a while I became absorbed in the form of mathematical amusements that I call square root type puzzles. In 2001 I disseminated a 20-page report, ‘Square Root Type Packing Problems’, with limited distribution. A condensed version was included in the 2014 Appendix. I also wrote a couple articles on the subject and contributed to a third. Out of all that came a deluge of puzzle designs. Rather than clutter up this Compendium with all of them, I have selected just a few of the more unusual. I consider Martin's Menace the best of all my numerous designs in this category, especially because of its deceptive simplicity. It was an IPP exchange puzzle under the original name Four Fit. It is all based on psychology. None of the four pieces rests comfortably in a corner or even touches two sides, so where does one start? Many puzzle experts have been baffled by it, even the great Martin Gardner, hence the change of name. To quote from one of his three furtive letters concerning it: "It's the finest dissection puzzle of all time. It looks easy but is fiendishly difficult. I wasted a week trying vainly to solve it."


Shipping is as follows: 


 - Canadian tracked shipping is included

 - USA is $20  includes tracking

 - International is $20 without tracking and $40 with tracking

 - I can also combine puzzles, however shipping cost will need to be determined.


Please note that funds are in US Dollars

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