25% off ALL orders!
No minimum purchase required, discount taken at checkout, plus FREE SHIPPING! Order by December 17th to ensure your order arrives in time for Christmas. (Sale does not include custom orders of military gifts, the sale is only on pre-made items.)
The Blind Tinker
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Custom Orders
We offer customization on most of our woodcrafts, email us with your idea, please include any relevant images or files!
Information
For custom orders and questions send an email to TheBlindTinker@proton.me.
Please allow business days for a reply.
About Me
— Nicholas Mertz, designer & founder
A decade serving in two branches in the armed forces, I was medically discharged due to my inability to see in one eye and mediocre vision in the other; a rare eye condition left me suddenly and irreversibly blind in one eye. That, along with a host of other medical issues, I needed to find a way I could still support my family even with my severe limitations on what I can manage to do on an average day. I love wood working, and some of the best friends I made during my service all share a passion for TTRPG, this was my inspiration to try and craft a store where you get value for your purchase, but also have an item that can last generations (wood species dependent).
Seeing the amount of wood used in a comparable product from more established brands, I utilize a single piece of lumber for each tray carving the piece with no seams. Other companies are utilizing wood joinery to use a smaller amount of board feet increasing their profit per board foot significantly, but also adding in variables for the product to possibly fail over time and break (wood glue, ca glue) while these should last generations.
In the highly unlikely event your supported product somehow breaks or is damaged, please reach out to us and we can try to repair/replace it!