Dan S

Well, you're just calling yourself a thief with that, not claiming to have spent any time in the nick, so I guess it would be a definite maybe!

My daddy always told me to never drink any likker had to be dressed up with fruit first...words to live by!

What's truly amazing is that no one has woken up in the morning, looked at their new tattoo, and gone down and broken his spokes.

Dale will keep the shop going strong, for sure. Mike Dalton and David McNair are two of the most prolific and least talked-about tattooers on the scene today. Both have been at the shop for many, many years, and I sure doubt they'll be going anyplace soon. If you've never seen their work, you should definitely check it out. As for the rest, I said it before, hang on to your hats! Nick's new shop will be opening fairly soon, and in the meantime, he is laying down excellent work per usual in guest-spots around town and out of town. And he and Mario will have plenty of other talent with them.

Delicious, I can only say the same to you as I said to someone else. Get what you want. If someon else doesn't like it, tell them to sod off. If your family has superstitions based on the belief of the cult they beling to, THEY are the ones that need to deal, not you. .02

There's a shop in South Beloit, not far from here, that has a big sign out front, "Tattoos from $40, piercings from $10". You just know it's a high-class operation...I was thinking of blowing off Nick and going to them exclusively. Not.

When you've got nothing but time, you learn. When the consequences of poor work are not the loss of customers, or the boss yelling, but the very real possibility of a beat-down, or a shank in the yard, then you learn. The Graybar is a hard taskmaster, and you learn fast or die.

Dilaudid. Good stuff.

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KILL FEDS

Sailor Jerry also did a ton of custom work, and it has been copied endlessly. I understand the issue, and agree that a tattooer should reference, not copy. My point was that there was a person involved in this, and he was being ripped on, and I felt that was bogus. Period.

I agree completely, and try to do so at every opportunity!!!

No. Get what you like, and if someone else doesn't like it, tell 'em to sod off.

That's a 40 POUND backpack, Homer...you ain't been in Europe THAT long! (if you had, you'da called it a rucksack!)

Everything old is new again, eh?! When I first started shaving, really, it was just that choice, straight-razor or d.e. I used a straight-razor at first, then changed to what was called a "safety-razor", or what is called a d.e. here. I stopped shaving when I was 21, but started again, what, maybe ten years ago. Don't shave it all, but what I do shave, I typically use an electric razor. For soap, Williams, what else?! It's like .49 a cake, and fits in the bottom of your mug just fine. I still shave with a blade every few weeks, just to keep the electric honest. Typically use a straight-razor...I've got six of 'em I rotate, everything from an English model from the 1800's to a relatively new German one from the early thirties. Only thing I can say is strop hell out of 'em, and before you butcher yourself, shave a balloon. When you can shave a few balloons in a row without popping 'em, you're good to go! And for any of you rich blade-shaving aficionados, I have a brand-new, in the box, WWII-vintage safety-razor. Gots to imagine it's a Gillette, but I will check if anyone is interested. Open to any offer.

Gosh dad, glad you could make it here!

DAMN!!! And here the AlGore is on vacation this week...

Folsom is down to Medium now, right? What level were you celled at?

Kills. Totally.

The man got a tattoo he likes, so let's rip on him because we don't like the tattooer. Class. Fuck this.

I hear what you're saying, and if he is reproducing line-by-line, yeah, I wouldn't be real happy about it. On the other hand, how many times have, say, Sailor Jerry's designs, custom or not, been reproduced, line-by-line? I guess it would all go to how it was done, as a straight copy, or an "influenced design", or what. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Le's Pho, Argyle n Broadway, about ten minutes from CTC.

Why is it a shame that his tattooer copied someone else's style? Anymore, almost all tattooing is evocative of some other persons work.

Man, get a smaller piece on your leg, or where it isn't as noticeable. Experiment with some color. I've known some brother's do good with red, some with orange or yellow...see what it looks like, and if you like it, hey, there you go.

There are Black tattooers in most cities, and I'd think one of themn could speak to these issues more concisely than a White tattooer, simply out of a better understanding of their own skin. I have single-needle tattooed more than a few Blacks, even some plum-black brothers, and never really had a problem with scarring or more swelling than a White would have with a comparable tattoo.