Thought I’d share this incase anyone was interested.

Salt and Pepper goes Heavy Metal!

A true classic from the early 2000’s brought to the stage again for another dance. A bit of history:

“When the guys at TartarusPuzzles LLC reached out to me with the idea of replicating Robert & Norman Sandfield's Salt & Pepper puzzle from 2002 I thought they were nuts. And when they told me it would be an all metal construction I knew they were nuts. First of all, my design documentation back then was pretty sketchy so not a lot to start with, but add to that the difficult tolerances and those razor sharp dovetail edges, they were asking for trouble. But they just waved off my concerns and they got to work on putting together a new set of CAD drawings.”

“They made several mechanical improvements to the original design along the way but his ideas for a custom made dovetail cutter created a unique Dovetail look that's easy on the eyes but especially easy on the fingers. The engineering is top shelf, the execution is exquisite and the action is buttery. A delight to hold in the hands. Just pass the Salt & Pepper to see if you can discover what's shakin' with these "Complimentary Condimentaries".

-Perry McDaniel

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From my friends at Tartarus:

“TartarusPuzzles LLC is excited to announce the release of the Salt and Pepper puzzle designed by Robert & Norman Sandfield, and Perry McDaniel. The original wooden version was released  22+ years ago and now with some slick innovations in the metal field we are able to bring this to you in some pretty awesome looking metal works of art that also doubles as puzzles.”

“We at TartarusPuzzles LLC are grateful that the Sandfield brothers & Perry were so trusting and allowed us to bring this spectacular Salt & Pepper puzzle to life in a new medium.”

“Salt & Pepper metal puzzle will cost $385 USD. Shipping will be calculated after receiving the destination of delivery.”

“Payment options will be Zelle and Paypal. If paying via Zelle, please add Zelle in the subject. Please wait for e-mail confirmation and at that time shipping/postage will be calculated.”

“If you are interested in purchasing a Salt & Pepper metal puzzle, please reply to Tartaruspuzzles@gmail.com.  Please Include your name and address.”

“If we can make a puzzle available to you, we will reply with additional details as soon as we know.”

“Thanks,

TartarusPuzzles, LLC Founders”

 

For a great read come on over to this:

https://fivesinatras.com/2024/11/18/salt-and-pepper/

Many Thanks @ FIVESINATRAS

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