This set belongs to ‘Morks’ a tattoo artist/graffiti writer from New Zealand. PAS is a tight graffiti duo consisting of Morks and his brother Chaos.
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Author: Nathan Black
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UGLY FUCK
JohnnyThief sends us these knuckles with the full story:
Did this after my divorce,… my world was unraveling & my vision was blurry,…
We had a storm brew up, real wrath of God stuff, & it blew away all our appointments. Being a bit fried from working too much, I blew off any real work & started drawing on my left hand,… Hm, yeah, that was exactly the mood I was in,… but what to put on the right hand? As I was walking around the shop, Richie B looked up at me & just said the word ‘UGLY’. I said, ‘Man, that is cold ass shit. Let’s do it!’
I was in such a bad mood, I made him do it twice.
Johnny ‘Thief’ Di Donna
Seppuku Tattoo
2213A Rowland Avenue
Thunderbolt, GA 31404
drowningcreek.com
artofmodernrock.com
rockindownthehighway.com
iam.bmezine.com/?JohnnyThief
myspace.com/seppukutattoo
inkednation.com/JohnnyThief
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GAME OVER
Got these a long time ago, and I’m just now getting them up. Sorry it took so long Robert, but here they are, with your story:
If it is art, how can it be wrong?
My first tattoo was “GAME OVER” across my knuckles.
I’ve been a gamer since roughly the age of three. Or, well, since I developed the motor skills to differentiate A, B, and a directional pad.
I’ve been saving the princess for seventeen years and, since I won’t ever be getting a “real” job with tattoos on my hands, I’ve dedicated the rest of my life to gaming and the likes.
The tattoo was done by Shawn Booth in Valdosta, Georgia. Or, as we know him as “the guy with Darth Vader tattooed on his throat.” No kidding. He has Darth Vader tattooed on his fucking throat.
He is my hero.
To the grave,
Robert Johnson
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TEX MEX
TEX MEX, originally uploaded by Nathan Black.
I took this photo! I met this lovely lady on her way out of the Jackalope a little over a week ago. Those are her friends waiting for her in the back ground. They were getting a little impatient, waiting to get to the next bar.
Every time I think I’ve found all the knuckle tattoos in Austin, it turns out I’m wrong.
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!bad news
These knuckles come to us from Tim Lind in North Carolina:
Here’s my knuckles……
Well, my girlfriend hates them….. how about that for a description?
I got them in typewriter font as a play on words….. and my life seems to be full of bad news….. That’s all I got!
Oh, and that’s a bullet on my pinky….
They were done by the King Errol at Blue Flame Tattoo in Raleigh, NC.
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GIMP GRIP
Chongo Ongo sent these knuckles in. They are on his friend Phil. Stories like this are what I love about this project. Next time I’m up in Fort Worth, I’m buying you guys a drink. This is what Phil has to say about his knuckle tattoos:
Throughout life, I have always dealt with tough situations using humor. When I was diagnosed with kidney failure years ago, the doctor told me how it would go down. I have always thought the word gimp was kinda funny, and then I sort of was one. I got the “GIMP GRIP” knuckles with the handicap symbol for the “G” because I knew as my condition got worse, to me, the tattoo would keep getting funnier and would always be appropriate. The blue was color-matched to the blue in the handicap parking sign. The knuckles were done by TROLL at The Salty Dog Tattoo Shoppe in Fort Worth, TX. The “LAME” leg was done by Bear at the same shop.
– PHIL
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STIL HERE
Hey Shane! I’m finally getting your knuckles up on the site! All it took was your artist sending them in. Here is what Philip has to say:
My name is Philip Corbin, I tattooed “STIL HERE” on Shane Watkins knuckles because after 14 years of tattooing in Austin, Texas he’s still holding it down, and he’s STIL HERE! I feel honored he picked me to do them! WORD SON!
Artist: Philip Corbin
Collector: Shane Watkins
Shop: Atomic Tattoo 309 W MLK. Austin, Texas
Thanks for sending those in Philip, Shane and I would have just talked it to death.
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DETACHED
You guys know about as much as I do on this set. They were sent in by Michael Dupuis who said that they were done by William at Imago Tattoo in Montreal in early 2004.
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LOVE HATE
Oddly this is the first set of LOVE HATE knuckles we’ve received here at knuckle tattoo central. Jackie from Boston, MA sends us these classics. It’s the story of the left hand, right hand, but here is what Jackie has to say about his set:
I feel both of these emotions all the time. And im sure everyone in they’re lives have felt love or hate it just suits me.
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TAKE ON ME
New Wave Dave is slowly learning that life is OK. Or he is ready for anything:
TAKE ON ME, as in the song, the a-ha song. One of the first albums I ever bought was a-ha’s Hunting High and Low, and for ages I would fall asleep to the a side. It is my all time favorite album, and in 2003 I got this knuckle tattoo. My sister is a tattoo artist and I had her do them.
If people recognize the song they usually find it funny, if they don’t they usually ask if I am a boxer. So I find the response interesting.