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8 Across Knuckle Tattoos

STRENGTH

STRENGTH

Lisa S. of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada sends us these beauties and a great story to match:

I went through a really rough time in my life. I had basically lost everything and anyone that I cared about. I didn’t have anyone to help me get through it, but myself, and I didn’t think I would make it. I had to find the strength to do it all by myself. After finding a way out of the mess I was in, I got the word STRENGTH tattood on my knuckles as a constant reminder. It tells me that I’m strong, and no matter what happens, I can get through it.

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Diamond

Diamond

Kiki S. sends us this picture of her diamond, and has this to say:

I got this tattoo for 1 month now, I got it done in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
It stands for a lot of things, that I can’t all explain…
But It remains me of a surten time, place en friends!

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4x4 Knuckle Tattoos

VITA MORS

 

These knuckles come to us from the US Military on the hands of Jesse M. Here is what he says about them:

Vita (life) Mors (death) in latin. All that really is important in this world is life and death what you do in between is up to you. Im a u.s. marines so life and death are a big part of my job.

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4x4 Knuckle Tattoos

WALK TALL

Straight out of San Francisco, CA we have Gary Vargas. He is a body piercer with Mom’s Body Shop in SF. He presents us with a set of knuckles dealing with coming to grips with who you are:

My kunckles were done by Eric Jones at Mom’s Body Shop in SF where i work as a body piercer. i’ve been trying to get tattooes that not only have a visual meaning, but a funny one as well. with my knuckles, i did some humor on my height. i’m 6 foot 8 and for most of my my life i hated my height. not untill i got into my late 20’s did i start to feel more comfortable about it.

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4x4 8 Across Knuckle Tattoos

HOPELESS

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100 Sets of Knuckles!

Hey true believers!

I posted the 100th set of knuckles last week. I couldn’t be more excited! I’ve put together a little something to celebrate:

FREEBEER
Get your own knuckles at the knuckle tattoo gun.

It is a virtual knuckle tattoo gun, just type in what you want on your knuckles and have them delivered piping hot and ready to post.Thanks to everyone who has helped me reach this goal, but especially all the great people who have sent in their knuckles for the site. When I started the project I was completely fascinated by the idea of knuckle tattoos. The more I’ve talked to the people behind them, the more I’ve come to realize that the interesting part is the people behind the knuckles. I’ve got a ton more stories in the wings, and I will be posting as I have time.

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4x4 Knuckle Tattoos

some joke

some joke

These are the hands of my friend and former band member Dwayne. I’ve always wondered about the story behind his knuckle tattoos. Since he was a friend of mine, I asked him if he would mind sharing his story and knuckles as my 100th set of knuckle tattoos on the site. Like every part of this project I got back a lot more than I bargained for.

His story after the jump:

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4x4 Knuckle Tattoos

NULL VOID

NULL VOID

These fists belong to Craig a local barman the singer for Warwulf. He says that he and one of his previous bands were on tour when they all decided to get knuckle tattoos. The were in Philadelphia at the time and went to Philadelphia Eddie’s to get tattooed. One of the band members was refused because he didn’t have enough other tattoos, so they all decided not to at the time (also being poor and on the road didn’t help). They promised that they would get their knuckles done later, but Craig is the only one that followed through.

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LIVE LIFE

This set of knuckles comes courtesy of “Fat” Scott Morrison, of N2SKIN Tattoos in Farmington Hills, MI. His story is great:

I’d been tattooing for about a year and a half at the time, and it jsut dawned on me that I was in the middle of living my dream and persuing a carreer with no boundries. I had grown up with a father who worked in a Ford plant for 32 years and had taken a medical retirement due to stress-related heart problems, and a mother who had owned her own accounting buisness for 30 years working 13 hour days in dress atire. I had always promised myself that I would never let my life pass by working a job I didnt have a passion for or spend my time sitting at a desk in the corperate world in a suit that was uncomfortable. so, when I came to this realization (that I was living my wildest dreams), I decided that “LIVE LIFE” would always be that constant reminder to just enjoy every little thing I can, and never let something so petty like money or posessions come between me and my love for the simplest yet finest points of life. One week to the day that i got the tattoo, my father passed away suddenly, and literally in the blink of an eye meant more to me than I had ever imagined it would. He worked his entire life, literally till the day he died to make sure that I would be able to persue my dreams, so for him and for me this is the path I have chosen. Nothing will stop me but death.

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THUG WIFE

THUG WIFE

I photographed these beauties way back at the Star of Texas Tattoo Art Revival. I’m pretty far behind still. They were on the hands of Kindel U., who is married to a tattoo artist. In explanation she just said “I’m a silly girl.”