Trick Box 1

This beautiful little wooden box is 47 x 47 x 47mm, and is made of walnut and Japanese elm. One face has a little inlaid design. The challenge is to open the box!

The Japanese are probably the masters at making these intricate wooden trick boxes, which are always a pleasure to handle and to operate.

This is a relatively simple box, that can be opened in 3 moves. (Some boxes take 12 or more moves to open!) Nevertheless, not many people will be able to solve it.

We provide a solution with the box, but of course don't give the solution here! The internal space in the box is about 20 x 22 x 34mm.

If you want an even harder puzzle, have a look at Trick Box 2.


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  A truly beautiful puzzle !  The box is beautifully made. Having solved trick box 2 I thought box 1 would be easy, but how wrong I was! One face tantalisingly moves a couple of mm, but after that it seems nothing else can move at all. Maybe the slightly moving face is a false trail? When I finally found the secret to open the box after many hours it was like magic ! Unbelievably beautiful and clever. (NOTE : no force or knocking on a hard surface is needed :just finger pressure. Although made out of wood the mechanics are as precise as if made of metal)   Peter Bentley