My name is Michael Sandlin and I am a tattooer from Livermore, Ca. I have the words slow down across my knuckles to remind me to take a minute to enjoy the simple joys of life every now and then. It is good to pump the brakes and smell the roses once in awhile.
My name is Topher Brown Suga Maurer. I just got OLOC on my right nucks. It stands for One Life One Chance. I am a manic depressive and I have been super down lately as well as making some bad choices, decided it was time to get myself under control and turn things around. I have a degree in physics so I took the pic for fun. lol. I have other tattoo’s but I have been wanting knuckle tatts for a while now.
I met Josh and Courtney the other day. Josh (pictured above) said that his knuckle tattoos described him in a word. Courtney just laughed and agreed. Her knuckle tattoos (below) are a collection of charms.
My name is Missi and I am proud to have Dinosaur tattooed on my knuckles. I had just moved out of myparents house and into an apartment with a high school friend. I was all excited about not having to listen to my parents or ask them permission so that’s when I got the idea of going to get another tattoo.My knuckles I had always wanted to get done, just didn’t know what to get when Dinosaur finally came to me. I have always loved dinosaurs ever since I was little and watching The Land Before Time. It was a spur of the moment thing. No thoughts about how I would get a better job in the future with knuckle tattoos. No thoughts of what’s it going to look like when i’m 80. Still to this day I don’t think about those things even though people that come into my work as me those questions. I’m proud of my tattoos and no one will ever change that.
We joke about getting this set at Knuckle Tattoo Central, it is sort of amazing to see it done in the flesh. Christopher, hats off to you. Here is his story:
Got this done when I was 18 with needle and thread in my buddys garage after a long night of partying and im 23 now thinking bout gettin somthing else put over it but I’m not sure and thats how I came across this website.
Dario from Brooklyn, NY shares his story:
I got the date of September 25th tattooed in Roman numerals on the knuckles of my right hand as IX (9) II (2) V (5) commemorates the exact date I met my husband in 2005 and the same date we got married six years later in 2011.
Rishelle sends us these thoroughly done up knuckles, including the stories behind them all:
Hi! These are the knuckle tattoos that I just got done, and the sides of my hands by Derek Davie at Anchor’s End Tattoo in Buffalo, NY. They stand for the fact that you need to live free of everything that is negative, live free of other people’s negative feelings about you. Live the life you want, the way you want, and don’t give a single care as to what others have to say about it. Live free, imagine peace and love your life. The sides stand for that you have to know more to hate less, less is more and more is less, you have to know hate and hate what you know. Enjoy :]
Andy of Belgium sends us these knuckles. When I asked him why he got DILLIGAF he replied:
I love the meaning of it, and its really me!!
Vic “Dread” Y sends us these knuckle tattoos:
“Boss Egos”
I have an inner conflict of alter egos and they tend to control everything around me -like a Boss. :)
