- What's up? Welcome back.
Today is bonus video day.
That's right, I've uploaded three videos this week,
and decided to upload number four on the weekend
to give you guys something to watch if you're bored.
Speaking of which, the schedule still continues,
that's Monday, Wednesday, and Friday,
always you're gonna get a new video.
If you haven't checked out yesterday's video
for some reason, a lot of people were messaging me
saying they weren't notified for it,
or it wasn't even in their subscription box,
which is weird,
I'll leave the link below, a link to that,
and you guys can watch that video if you're so inclined.
Today we got a special treat for you,
I've been waiting for this puzzle for quite a while.
This particular puzzle is a level nine,
and it is known as the French Point puzzle.
This puzzle mimics the look of a straight razor,
which I thought was incredibly cool,
as I've even got a straight razor tattooed on my arm.
The reason I enjoy puzzles like this
because they are an ordinary object that is,
for all intents and purposes, extraordinary.
I like traditional barber shops,
so I do enjoy a nice clean shave with a straight razor,
so when I saw this puzzle, I had to get it.
Now, not cheap, these things retail at about a hundred bucks
and they are a level nine,
which means they should be very grueling.
The object here is to open the razor
and then close it again.
Sounds simple enough.
This was designed by David Litwin,
and it was offered at the IPP 37,
the International Puzzle Party.
You can also find the name of the puzzle
beautifully engraved on the handle,
and the puzzle comes packaged
in this nice cardboard display.
So, without further ado,
like this video if you do enjoy this content.
Subscribe if you're new here, guys,
and let's get into it.
So this is the French Point puzzle.
Nice packaging, ooh, look at that,
look at this little beauty.
Oh, by the way, I know I forgot the timer twice before,
and you guys have been so kind to remind me.
So, I went out and bought myself a kitchen timer,
so this is going to be here from now on,
and will be my timer, let's go.
So, first thing I notice with this puzzle
is there is a rattling.
Let's just make this a little bit brighter.
So, there is a rattling.
(rattles)
If we have a close inspection,
we might be able to see somethin' else.
I don't know if you can make that out on camera,
you probably can.
Let's see if we can get some light on it here.
There we go, there seems to be
little beads on the inside here.
I can see two, they're right about there.
Wait where'd they go?
They're not there anymore, I swear there were beads.
Oh there we go.
Kinda deep in there.
Trust me (laughs) when I say
there are two beads right there, so...
I guess if I flip it on this side, I don't see any beads.
Oh, they're definitely still there.
There's one in the middle, two on the end.
And I can see also little grooves here.
I guess those beads what they do
is that they hold those grooves into place,
and they prevent this from coming out.
So, there's a hole in this knife,
and there's a bead trapping that hole there.
My guess is that those little beads
have little holes to go into,
and then once I map out where those holes are,
I can drop those beads in and pull this out.
(scratching noise)
This is the most annoying sound.
(scratching noise)
Sorry about that.
Wait, what if I find the first one?
(scratching noise)
I feel like this one came out a little bit.
(scratching noise)
No, maybe that's just the way it is.
Oh! And there we go.
Alright, not to difficult at all.
Level nine? Ha!
Conquered you, level nine.
(makes swishing noises)
Not a level nine, definitely not a level nine.
As you can see on the inside, you can see those beads now?
And how they move around.
So there's three of them.
Oh okay, there's two that will go down in this compartment
and there's one that will go up.
So you gotta kinda do it sequentially,
so let's say to put it back,
see the first one now is down because I flipped it this way,
so I can probably put that in.
And I probably need to find that one
and then go find that one, type thing.
(rattling sounds)
And there we go.
And now, should be locked up.
There we go, that is the French Point puzzle solved.
Pretty easy, and since we have time left in this video,
I think we can try something else.
A site in, I think Sweden, in...
Oh Finland, my bad, Finland, and he sends me this.
I ordered a few things off his website,
and he sends me this.
Let's clear this.
Hi Chris, this is at devilish little challenge.
Maybe not so photogenic, but your friends will probably fail
and that is a good thing.
Happy puzzling, Tomas.
This is called the Identrik, from Tomas Lindon,
IPP London, 2014.
Make two identical shapes of the three pieces,
one dark and one light.
All pieces lay flat, not up on each other.
There are, he says two, and it's crossed out
and says four known solutions.
Designed by Vissa Timanen.
Alright, let's have a look.
Make two identical shapes of the three pieces.
Wait, what?
Make two identical shapes of the three pieces.
Um, what? How?
And they lay flat.
I mean...uh (laughs)
I don't understand what this is.
(mellow synth music)
Wait what? Huh?
Am I missing something?
What am I missing?
How can I make two identical pieces when I have this?
I don't understand what they're asking me.
Make two identical shapes of the three pieces,
one dark and one light.
Oh, okay, I see.
So the light and the dark have to be identical.
I gotcha.
Okay wait, does that work?
No, okay, clearly not.
'Cause there's always going to be one pointing that way
and if I point one of these this way,
then that one's pointing that way,
and now we have one pointing...
Do you understand what I'm sayin'?
The way-- yeah, this doesn't make sense.
Because as soon as I point,
let's say I point these this way,
then I'll automatically have one like this,
but if I point this one back,
that mean's I'll automatically have one like this,
and if I wanna,
and then that one's gonna be pointing this way,
so that doesn't make sense.
This is a very interesting brain teaser here, holy.
This is such a simple design, but not cool.
I like how he assumes that I'm going to get it right,
and that my friends are gonna have hard time.
Thanks for the vote of confidence.
You see what I mean?
As soon as I turn one, now I have two this direction
and one this direction.
Oh wait, that works, two this direction, one this direction.
It's super tricky.
I think the solution requires me to think outside the box,
so I think there definitely has to be
some type of triangular solution or something like that,
because, I mean, otherwise, this doesn't make sense.
This doesn't make sense, period.
What is happening?
(soft synth music)
Okay, so right now I have two of these facing this way,
and one of these facing this way.
And I have two of these facing this way,
and one of these facing this way.
So, that I think is a good thing?
Definitely not a solution.
Ooh, is that a solution?
Is it though?
Is that a solution?
I think I'm close, but I don't think it's a solution.
The thing is, they're not exactly identical,
because this is kind of like a mirror image of this, right?
And these, this is farther apart than this is,
and in a different orientation, correct?
No, same orien-- what?
That's gotta be a solution right there.
Right?
So, this one is the same shape as this.
And that one is the same shape as that.
It never said they have to be symmetrical
or like lined up equally.
I think that might be a solution.
A devilish little challenge (mumbles)
Maybe-- make two identical shapes with three pieces.
One dark, one light.
But it says two identical shapes of the three pieces,
I have like four shapes.
I'm so confused right now.
This is the same as this, and this is the same as that.
But they're separated.
I feel like I was onto something for a second.
(mellow synth music)
I feel like that's it.
Is that the same thing I did before?
That's gotta be it.
I'm gonna stop there, I think that's it,
I think this is it.
I think that is equal to that, that's equal to that.
Those are identical.
I don't know, I'm stumped.
Apparently there's four solutions,
I'm hoping this is one here.
Challenge to you guys.
Anyways, I'll leave the link below to this puzzle,
if you guys wanna order it, come up with your own solutions,
maybe tweet them at me at my Twitter if you get them.
Or make this out of paper, try to make this out of paper
or cardboard or something, and just play around with it
and tweet at me, and let me know.
But if you wanna pick one up, I'll leave it below as well.
Yeah, I'm gonna stop there, okay.
Oh, also for Wednesday's puzzle, I have a few puzzles here,
and maybe you guys can help me vote on them.
So maybe vote in the comments below.
I've got this one, this is a jigsaw puzzle.
An actual jigsaw puzzle, but that's also a brain teaser,
because it has no drawing on it.
And it has to fit within this square.
So, if that's somethin' you guys wanna see,
I can test this out.
I'm kinda curious about how hard this is,
I'm guessing really hard.
And if not, I also have...
This is another one from Will Streebus,
this is another dovetail puzzle.
What makes this one unique is that obviously
it can't slide out from the sides,
but if you look here, this is concave,
and so that shouldn't be able to slide out either,
which it doesn't.
I've been kinda fidgeting with it,
but I've been refraining from doing anything serious,
because I might wanna do it on video.
If you guys wanna see this or that,
so comment jigsaw for jigsaw,
and comment dovetail for dovetail.
And we'll see how many comments we get.
Alright guys, that about wraps it up.
You guys got a two for one today.
I thought the French Point puzzle
woulda been harder than that,
that's why I prepared a whole video for it.
But luckily I've had some backups.
The other puzzle I'm still not sure if I solved it.
And also let me know what you guys wanna see
on Wednesday's puzzle.
I gave you two options,
so either the jigsaw and/or the dovetail.
Guys, thanks so much for watching.
I hope you enjoy this video.
Like, subscribe, and we'll see you on the next one.
(mellow hiphop music)