hambone

day after i turned 18..1995..parents were outta town for a few days..i went to the only shop i new of in my area...i want to say it was called artistic impressions, dude named paul hayden.puled up there was a badass nova parked out front..walked into the "waiting room" which had a pool table, a couple of couches, a bunch of ashtrays, and hardly any lights on...all i heard from the other room was.."what the fuck you want!" i was a young, naive, good little church boy at the time(kinda..haha)..man i was scared shitless..ended up getting "forgiven" on my backl in old english..thought it was sooo big and badass..hahaha..it was like 1 1/2 inches tall by maybe 6 long...sinc has been covered up by my backpiece of a huge severed samurai head...

1st shop..newbreed tattoo..dayton ohio 2nd..newbreed tattoo..richmond indiana 3rd..newbreed tattoo..anderson indiana..1 yrs at top 3 shops 4th..bulletproof tattoo..spokane washington..3 yrs 5th..tiger tattoo..spokane washington...3 1/2 yrs 6th..altered skin..spokane wshington..3 months..(till friend opened his shop) 7th...rage studio...spokane washington...6 months (got into an actual fight with apprentice..owner took his side) 8th..the missing piece tattoo lounge...spokane washington...almost 2 yrs 9th..shamrock tattoo..spokane washington..where im a now for a few weeks till i open my shop 10th shop will be my final shop for a looong time hopefully as it will be my shop...boar's head tattoo parlor...spokane washington guest spots.... bulletproof tattoo..spokane washington santa cruz tattoo..(erno's old shop) unfortunately he had passed away before i was there nightmare tattoo studio..reno nevada lucky's tattoo parlor...san diego california electric cobra tattoo club..portland oregon heavy duty tattoo..ogden utah not to bad i guess for goin on 10 yrs this coming spring...definietly want/need to do more guest spots

i got this for my first wedding anniversary...my balls in a jar on top of the fridge, where my wife keeps em..haha..