Graeme Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Needles and Sins pointed out this gem, a CBC television interview with Doc Forbes from 1964. CBC Digital Archives - Pastimes General - Doc Forbes, tattoo artist The interviewer talks with Forbes and his clients, we get some nice looks at his tattoos and his flash, but the coolest thing about the interview for me is near the end when Forbes is tattooing an 82 year old client who has really extensive work from George Burchett including a battle royale backpiece from 1906. I've posted this picture before, but I'm a bit of a nerd about tattoo history and when I was visiting my family in Vancouver last Christmas I made an appointment with Chris Hold at Sacred Heart Tattoo so that me and @Pugilist could get matching tattoos from some Forbes flash. What could be better as a souvenir tattoo in Vancouver than a design from Doc Forbes? Chris was amazing and super accommodating about fitting us in on short notice, and the tattoos are great, so simple, folky, and charming. Chris had also fairly recently visited Lyle Tuttle, who has a pretty huge collection of Forbes' flash, and we got to see scans Chris had made of it and there's a lot of really great designs in there. Lucky's Tattoo Museum also has scans of a bunch of his flash that you can view here. chrisnoluck, Johannes, daveborjes and 12 others 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitguy Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 I just happened upon this clip as it was linked on the Pearl Harbor Gift Shop website. So cool ! Mark Bee and Graeme 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SStu Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 gloves in 1964!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 gloves in 1964!! Yeah, I know! So weird to see that. Way ahead of his time, I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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