About Heartland

Mistress Mike, finding hirself unsatisfied with the same old, same old in the dungeon, departed hir home in the city to quest the forgotten hinterlands for something old and something new. S/he roamed the north woods, swam the shallows of the great waters and delved deep into the abandoned mazes of the iron mines toiled in by hir for-bears.

At last s/he came to the place where hir for-bear lay. There s/he found the results of an ancient craft: skin of beasts and fiber of plant, alchemical spirits from the bowels of the earth, brought to surface and spun into great weaves of tremendous strength. There too lay the tools of this mighty and beautiful work: great punches, blades, shears, picks and a multitude of stamps. Mistress Mike grasped the great hammer of hir for-bear and has since swung it down upon the trappings and tools of hir dungeon, emblazoning thereupon designs of power and beauty.

Mistress Mike now quests the land seeking patrons for whom to ply hir trade. S/he is overjoyed to bring fresh designs and ideas from the ancients to the new initiates of the kink-dom.

 

But Seriously...

Heartland Toolery is a very small operation focusing on custom made, high-quality implements and equipment. Garrett, the sole owner and operator, is interested in providing a unique service to kinky people in the Twin Cities and elsewhere.

Garrett has long been a tinkerer and amateur inventor/engineer. His introduction to the kinky communities around Minneapolis merged that creative energy with his focus on all things sexual and deviant.

Heartland Toolery hopes to bring a fresh style to the tools and trappings of kink. Garrett's focus is on adding the subtle and delicate craft of leather tooling and fancy braiding to bondage equipment and toys in a style not unlike that of traditional saddle makers.

Conscious of the enormous environmental and ethical nightmare that is the industry of animal products in this country, Garrett uses as much scrap, salvaged, locally/humanely produced and vegan material as possible. He is really open to requests for specific materials. He is also really into working with people who have a specific design in mind and making that come to life through collaboration.

Heartland is queer.