Gotta love a good challenge, and when this idea was brought to me I couldn't resist.
I had made a bottle lock up puzzle before, but here I wanted to do something different.
The tiny skull key on the top works a combination lock from the sides of the puzzle. Once set correctly, the front disc will pull out and the lower walnut tab can be lifted up to pull out the 'tray' that locks the bottle in.
I learned that I shouldn't have shipped the bottle in the puzzle during shipping, yikes! There was also the gained awareness that typically customs doesn't like it when you ship alcohol over the border, lol.
I usually think I am a reasonably smart person. That is until I spend 20 min trying to figure out a Kel Snake puzzle from his photos. Then I give up and contemplate whether I should hide under my desk and eat paste.
Cool looking puzzle Kel, even if I can't figure out how it works.