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Custom Orders
Or
'What's Your Pleasure?'

Orders are currently: Open
Watch this space- orders may Open or clase on a day-to-day basis!
You MUST be over 18 years of age to order.  It is up to the individual ordering to insure that the piece ordered is legal under the laws of the jurisdiction where they live!
If you wish to custom order a knife or dagger feel free to contact me at any time that orders are OPEN.
Custom orders for swords are done on the following basis-  periodically I will post a list here of the heat-treated blade 'blanks' that are in stock and what sort of swords they may best be turned into.  You, the customer, can look over the list and see if there is something there that you would like to have made and contact me about making it.  If we reach and agreement as to what you want and the price I will proceed to make it.  Circumstances allowing this will take anywhere from a few days to a few weeks.  You will not be required to put down a deposit.  When the item is completed I'll send pictures and specs for your approval.  You will not be obliged to accept the finished piece if it doesn't please you;  if the finished piece doesn't work for you I'll adjust it to suit or simply post it for sale and we go our seperate ways, no harm, no foul.  I've given this system of doing things a trial run and it has worked to everyone's satisfaction.

Now the conditions- This will work only if everyone acts in good faith.  When you order a piece you have to be prepared to pay for it on approval, and bear in mind that it might be ready very quickly.  OK, stuff happens- unexpected expenses crop up all the time; if you cannot take delivery let me know ASAP.  I'll undertsand, trust me.  I may at times prefer to simply post a piece for sale rather than modifying it if you don't approve the finished piece.  It's an artistic thing; sometimes a blade comes out 'right' and I am loathe to change it.  If this occurs keep an eye on the blanks and if a suitable blank comes along we'll try it again with specs better suited to what you want.

To be very clear on one point- The blanks are listed for the purpose of customers seeing what is available to be made into complete swords by me- I do not provide un-mounted blades.

Another condition hasn't changed- I won't make a sword that I don't like or that won't work; it's just not going to happen.  Swords that I don't like generally don't come out as well as the customer deserves, and swords that don't work aren't swords- they are sculpture and I am a sword-maker, not a sculptor!

Keep an eye on the list below- and take care to note whether orders are OPEN or CLOSED above.



Addresss inquiries to tinker@tinkerswords.com