- What's up guys, welcome back.
Happy Wednesday, glad so many
of you are loving Monday's video.
I taught a move, the first move that I've ever come up with,
if you guys wanna learn some sleight of hand,
check out that video I posted Monday,
but today we are looking at a puzzle.
This puzzle is very finely handcrafted
by a guy by the name of Kagen Sound.
He's been on my radar for quite a while.
I've seen his puzzles pop up in my feeds,
people been sending them to me,
a few of his videos went viral,
I believe, on Instagram or Facebook.
Very, very cool stuff, very intricate handmade puzzles,
and very unique as well.
Kagen has released four limited edition puzzles.
They are puzzle boxes that have a maze.
And the thing that makes this unique
is that there is a pin, and you have to maneuver
the maze around the pin in order to open the box.
There are four different boxes with three different levels.
There's a level eight, two level nines, and a level 10.
Today we'll be looking at the level nine Cherry Maze.
The reason I don't wanna do the honeycomb puzzle
is because it's very hard to capture on camera,
and it'll be very boring for you guys
because there are hidden compartments within the honeycomb,
and you can't really see the pin
maneuver through that well.
That being said, the level nine is extremely challenging
as well, and we'll be looking at that,
and hopefully you guys can follow along.
And there are only 250 of each of these boxes made.
I left a link below, they are quite pricey
because they are handmade, but for serious puzzlers
out there and collectors, this might be a great find,
and if you can't afford it and just wanna see how it's done,
stay tuned 'cause that's what we're gettin' into right now.
So let's solve the Cherry Maze Puzzle.
So the pin is here on the end.
There are hidden holes that lead through the maze
because if you follow the path of the maze,
you obviously, quickly realize that it doesn't go anywhere.
So if I maneuver this through, rotate, there you go,
and then I see another one, this is really fun to do.
There's the other one.
It wants me to go down here, right, to follow this down,
but I think I actually have to go up here,
and through this little hole
because the other one's a decoy, so watch.
Gonna go here, gonna go all the way around.
And now I'm going to go up here,
and now I'm going to turn it and go through here.
Ooh, look at this view.
Ah there we go, look at that view.
Alright, let's lock this into place here.
Let's get everything to stop shaking.
Ooh, that's much better.
You guys are getting a really good view now.
I wanna go back.
Is there an opening here?
Oh, is that the beginning?
(box clacks) No.
A dead end, my friends.
Wait, once I come back here.
And that is definitely the beginning, okay.
There are two ways I can get to the beginning,
there's one down here, and then
there's from up here as well.
Let's go this way again.
The entrances always seem to be at the end of something,
they never seem to be in the middle for some reason.
Okay, hold on, we got a fork in the road here.
So if we follow this path down,
it brings us to this one.
Is there an opening anywhere on this one?
Okay, seems to bring me to bit of a dead end.
Yes, definitely a dead end.
See if I follow it down here,
I can come here, here, and then here,
but then I'm trapped here 'cause that's a dead end.
So the alternative would be to
bring it
here.
That's a dead end as well.
Okay, so I guess I have to bring it up there.
Can be a little bit rigid from time to time.
It kinda gets stuck, you kinda have to just shimmy it.
I think I'm gonna go this way.
Nope, that brings me back to the beginning, okay.
Let's bring the light in a little more.
By the way, timer right now,
is at this just to let you know.
So this was the beginning, we go again.
See now I'm stuck right there.
There's no exits anywhere.
Oh, I'm stuck there.
Not in the middle, oh, so close.
Once you get it to the middle everything rotates
so it should just be a 180 turn.
That's gonna bring me back to the beginning.
(sighs) Once again, back to the beginning.
We shall try a different strategy.
Oh, it's the same place I came from.
And that one doesn't go.
What the heck?
There's gotta be some hidden entrance somewhere.
There is one, there is one.
Watch this, if I can get back to there.
Oh, I thought there was one.
How do I get there, there's a hidden entrance right there.
There's a hidden entrance as you can see right there.
Hmm, very hard to see.
Course there's hidden entrances.
So, this hidden entrance that's right there
that you probably won't be able to see.
Yeah, it's right there, you can kinda make it out.
It actually goes under this, so I think
that there's a maze within a maze.
So in the walls of the maze are tunnels, I believe.
And that's what the secret here is,
and that's why it's so tricky.
That's why I keep gettin' stumped.
So I gotta find an entrance there and I see one,
can't really get to it right now,
so I have to figure out a way that I can
make it to that particular part of the puzzle.
Well if there's an entrance there,
there has to be an exit, so I gotta look
for another hidden compartment somewhere.
Oh, man, this is difficult!
I'm repeating myself, I know this,
but there is a secret entrance right there,
I'm gonna actually mark that with a little marker.
So right where I marked that, right there,
there's a secret entrance that goes in.
Oh, crap.
This beautiful work-of-art puzzle, awesome.
Okay, you know what, we'll fix that in post. (laughs)
So there's the secret entrance.
There seems to be an entrance to the secret passage
right there.
Okay?
So, how do I get there?
Can I get there, I can get there, I think I can get there.
Oh, see it wants to make you go
straight through, but watch this.
Boom.
Oh, so tricky.
And now it's a matter of getting it to the middle,
which we are going to do.
And once it's in the middle I bet
you can rotate the whole thing.
Oh, it just opens.
That is so freaking cool.
I will also put my initials right here.
Dude, that is awesome.
Alright, let's put this back, 28 minutes.
So I'm wondering if, to reset it,
if I can just put everything back to the beginning.
This was kind of here.
Right?
Can I just do that?
Or do I have to navigate it back?
I might have to navigate it back, yeah
'cause everything's so offset.
Secret passage, man, that's so cool.
I know that when I'm here,
it brings me back to the beginning
because that right there is like 52
and I just keep remembering that 52 for some reason.
And it'll eventually bring me home.
Boom.
There you go, there you have it, wow!
That is really cool.
So obviously you probably got
some secret passages in this one.
We've got some other ones here as well.
If you guys wanna check 'em out,
I'll leave the link where you can purchase these.
But there's also this one, which is really cool.
And the mazes are all different,
and I guess they all have
a little bit of a surprise in them.
And you also have this one.
So you got quite a few different
ones you can toy around with, with different solutions,
including the hardest one of all,
which is this honeycomb, but kinda hard to watch
because you don't really see anything.
But there you go, boom.
(claps)
There you have it ladies and gentlemen.
Took me quite a while to figure out
that there was a hidden passage in this puzzle.
I'm glad that I stuck it out,
and I'm glad that we eventually found it.
I regret putting the permanent marker on this
very expensive puzzle, but it is mine, so I don't care.
Not giving it away, not selling it,
going to keep it forever,
and it's a bit of a memento, okay?
We'll just leave it at that.
If you did enjoy this puzzle, I would really
appreciate it if you left a like,
comment below what you thought,
and subscribe if you're new here.
Guys, we'll see you on the next video, peace.
(mysterious music)