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Two sets of four letters. Solid.

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4x4 Knuckle Tattoos

STAY TRUE

Iggy sends us this set of knuckle tattoos:

Oi names iggy  , my knuckle tats read Stay True , Pretty much meaning Stay Proud Stay Punk Stay True , now im only 24 so i obviously wasnt around for when punk was punk but thats the punk i like eh , so i got this done because the spirit of 77 is alive and well in lots of us workin class boys despite all these scenesters n hipsters shape shiftin what punk is this way n that , the one on top my left hand is The Crown and the down the top piece of the crown represents the yuppies in the world the lines just below represent the upper middle class tryin to git rich and the barb wire seperates the yups from the arrows below which show the workin and lower class the arrows show the rise of us growing n growing and they point to true on me cause im proud to be a workin class and minamilist by choice , no need for greed.

Stay Proud Stay Punk Stay True.

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KISS or KILL

Mekaylah sends us these knuckles and her story:

these are my knuckle tattoos. all the way across. kiss or kill, a line from the song “we’re desperate” by the band X.  my favorite song by one of my favorite bands. kiss or kill black or white do or die. need i say more?  done by phil colvin owner of memorial tattoo atlanta ga.

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ROCK ROLL

Ah, two years into the Knuckle Tattoo project and finally someone has sent in a set of knuckles that read ROCK and ROLL. I feel like I’ve finally arrived.

J.D. Milligan, the frontman of the Anti Saints sends these in:

this tattoo was done sometime last month (august 08′) at screaming skulls parlor in Gravesend, England i never caught the tattooists name.

ever since i was a kid i’ve been listening to rock n roll i was brought up on pretty boy floyd,rose tattoo,motley crue you get the drift, i was always destined to stand out in the crowd which i must say i do quite successfully. i was talking to someone about my lifestyle and just blurted out “rock n roll isn’t just a genre of music, or a lifestyle it’s a f’n blood type” it was then i knew i HAD to get this tattoo, so on a whim i just jumped down and got these bad boys done. enjoy!

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4x4 8 Across Knuckle Tattoos

HARD CORE

Richard Blackman of Shud Up ‘n’ Train in Dallas, Texas sends us these knuckle tattoos and his story:

The story behind it is that I’m a fitness trainer and everything I do goes against the grain, from diet to how I exercise, it’s the same in life too, I don’t do it on purpose life just ends up that way, so all my life I’ve had people look at me as extreme especially when they see my feats of strength, well, I struggled to accept that label in the beginning but now I’m taking it and running with it with all I got and I’m not going to hold myself back anymore from being me!….so I’m stepping up my game in everything I do and going “HARDCORE” and I had the tatts done as a constant reminder of what and who I am.

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LIVE LOUD

These knuckles come courtesy of Tiina K. of Finland. Here is her story:

I had dreamed about knuckletattoos for quite long, but I had so many options and didn’t really know which one to choose. Suddendly my depression got a bit worse and I went through a difficult process with getting to know myself. I’ve always been a social and loud girl, and talked alot. Yet I noticed a change in me, I had become very shy. I took words “Live loud” to remind me of being proud and brave, and leaving behind that quiet mouse I was. I chose this font cos I’m a huge fan of oldschool tattoos and especially sailor tattoos. That’s why I chose anchors for my thumbs also.
They were done by Hexa666 (http://www.hexa666.com).

And here are her thumbs:

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LOVE LUST

Jessica from Virginia sends us these knuckle tattoos:

i had always wanted my knuckles done since i started getting tattoos…i figured now that i work as a piercer in a tattoo shop now would be the best time to get them

i wanted love then lust just seemed to be the perfect opposite i guess

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WORM FOOD

Got these knuckles from Heidi Louise a little while back, here is her story:

I got WORM FOOD on my knuckles because..well thats what we are when we die? Yeah. It’s cute. Im really into zombies, and horror movies. Im a tattoo artist at Atomic Tattoos in New Port Richey, FL. My manager Tommy did them for me. If youve seen the cover of prick magazine a couple months ago featuring “Fat Von D“…that’s him. :)

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HELL SENT

Andrew from Greece, NY sends us these knuckles:

i got HELL SENT acrost my knuckles because im pretty good at pissin people off and im not very P.c i get alot of people who say “i must be from hell or something” and it makes me happy to hear haha. hence my knux

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4x4 8 Across Knuckle Tattoos

BOOKWORM

Kirsten from The Netherlands sends us these tattoos and the following story:

I’m a total bookworm. I spend almost all my free time reading, or browsing for cool books.
And this tattoo is to show I am proud of it, and proud to be myself!

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LIVE LIFE

Jim Madden sends us these hands:

I know this is a cliche knuckle tattoo, but my story behind it is my uncle and one of my best friends, who was a huge influence on everything i do today, had this exact tattoo on his knuckles, and he ended up committing suicide, so its kind of ironic…this is my way of remembering him, among others