I will also be straight up and suggest to you since you only really need these for blinds, I would recommend you either go to a single .25 blind or .25/.25 blinds because in reality the dimes won't be in play much. I used mine as antes for $1/2 limit stud games.
Stacks of chips that don't see the felt are a waste of money, get in the way and are only annoying to the players. Anytime someone decides to dump their dimes and throw a random amount in the pot, time is wasted because they have to counted down to find out if the amount is right and then more time is wasted as every subsequent player has to repeat the process if they want to call. At least with quarters it is easy to visually verify if there are 1, 2 or 3 quarters in the bet.
That's not the chipper way to do it. He actually needs two racks of dimes and a rack of nickels... because that way, a player just adds another dime and a nickel to his 10c to match the quarter big blind. Mucho chipos, and they all see play.Even if the small blind wanted to call, that person would have to pull the dime back and replace it with a quarter since there would be no way to make change.
Stacks of chips that don't see the felt are a waste of money, get in the way and are only annoying to the players. Anytime someone decides to dump their dimes and throw a random amount in the pot, time is wasted because they have to counted down to find out if the amount is right and then more time is wasted as every subsequent player has to repeat the process if they want to call. At least with quarters it is easy to visually verify if there are 1, 2 or 3 quarters in the bet.
It is your game so it depends what your long term goals are. If you eventually want to move up the stakes then go to .25/.25 blinds. If you prefer to keep the game smaller then there is nothing wrong with a single .25 blind.
In a home game, the small blind virtually NEVER folds, unless the pot has been raised. When I started my cash game, I wanted my game to reflect reality and implemented .50/.50 blinds. Plus .50 chips were easier to acquire than .25. My players appreciate the advantage of the .50/.50 single chip blinds. I do have some racks of quarters and when I decide to put them in play, rather than use single chip blinds, I get grumbling.
I acquired the dimes because we also play limit games and I wanted .10 antes to go with $1/2 limits. But our standard limits have moved up through the years to $3/6 with .25 antes and I would rather see the dimes in play somewhere rather than gather dust on my shelf.
A rack of real Paulson dimes is not going to come cheap if you can find them. Have you considered finding a chip you like and doing a relabel. Since you are not using a real quarter why spend a fortune for real dimes?
But other options: Good Luck Club 10's, Casino De Mexico 10's
We play 5c/10c blinds with a $10 buy-in. Lately we started allowing rebuys at $20 to make it a more level playing field once everyone else has won a bit.
I use both 5c and 10c chips in my game and love having both. If you don't mind spending the money for an additional fractional, go for it.
I got lucky with my current rack of dimes, but my 2 previous racks ran me about $400 each iirc.
Just so you know what kinda money dimes can run you.
Insta-ban! Unnecessary chips. Puh-leeeeeeze.2. Save money on "unnecessary" chips
Also forgot that I was going to add there are only a couple of other options that I have seen out there too...
Pioneer Hotel, Las Vegas - Green dime with red inserts, hot stamp.
Horseshoe Club, Reno, NV - Bright Orange dime solid, hot stamp.
See top row in image for dimes...