Victoria - Christoph Lohe by Pelikan

I was pleasantly surprised when Jakub mentioned in a post on Facebook the he was going to be crafting Polyhedral puzzles again!  This particular design is very reminiscent of Stewart Coffin’s ‘Scorpius’ design in fact the outward appearance is a dead ringer, however this one uses 6 similar pieces assembled in sets of three.

Jakub has really done an amazing job on these especially considering he used Wenge which I know for a fact that it can be finicky to work with!

Be sure to drop by Pelikan to see what’s available.

Kevin Sadler wrote about it:

“Much to my amazement and pleasure, Jakub and Jaroslav have been venturing out over the last few years into non-rectilinear grids and it’s not surprising to see them venture into the amazing realm of puzzles inspired by the Star puzzle that Stewart Coffin has taken so far with extensions to the shapes whilst retaining the familiar interlocking mechanism. These puzzles need incredible accuracy to construct and have some very odd angles involved. I had been informed by Christoph that he has been experimenting with this grid for a while and had come up with something new. When it arrived I was amazed at the beauty of the puzzle and how well it has been constructed. It is very easy for puzzles like these to have small gaps here and there but this one from Pelikan is absolutely perfect. Having solved quite a few of this type of puzzle before, I knew how the basic approach to dismantling it and once I’d found the separation axis and direction I quickly had my six pieces. I was surprised to see that all 6 pieces were identical and am even more surprised that Mr Coffin had never found and published this shape. I had taken it apart pretty quickly and scrambled the pieces and deliberately not paid attention to the orientation. Reassembly was a lovely fun challenge that requires a little planning (especially fun if you’ve never seen one of these before) and a fair bit of dexterity. Be careful…those corners are sharp. This is a wonderful new design from Christoph and it is great to see him branching into different geometries. As always Pelikan has made masterful job of the woodwork.”