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	Assembled Disassembled          Burrliner Kruse complex Altekruse plated burr Edward Hordern IPP Puzzle Exchange  - Berlin, Germany  August, 2011 Presented by Karst Nauta.  Made by Brian Young @ Mr Puzzle Australia.  Designed by Junichi Yananose. The Burrliner Kruse is a 12 piece plated burr based on the Altekruse type burrs. The puzzle is a completely new design by Junichi Yananose, who took his inspiration from the original and well-known Altekruse Puzzle.  It was a 'by-product' of the analysis he did to create the Windmill Burr http://www.mrpuzzle.com.au/prod93.htm that we made in the 2010 Limited Edition series. You can choose to have the burr sent assembled or apart.  It's challenging to take apart (Level 4-2-3) but receiving it in pieces really makes it more tricky.  If you're comfortable doing burrs this is still difficult but doable (and it comes with a very detailed printed solution if you get really stuck). Junichi originally name it New Altekruse Type 04 but Karst named the puzzle as a reference to the historical inventor William Altekruse and to the International Puzzle Party in Berlin.   William Altekruse came to the United States as a young man in 1844 with his three brothers to escape being drafted into the German army.  The Altekruse family was of Austrian-German origin and, curiously, the name means “old cross” in German, which has led some authors to incorrectly assume that it was a pseudonym.  In 1890 William Altekruse was granted a US Patent (#430502) for a symmetrical 12-piece burr puzzle, which became famous as the Altekruse Puzzle. The puzzle is made from Australian Rose Alder. Size: 100mm x 100mm x 100mm