Tasha G. sent in these knuckle tattoos. This is what she had to say about them:
twas love…i picked that because it was
motivating…to do things for love and to NOT do
things for love…
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Category: 4×4
Two sets of four letters. Solid.
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A NEW HOPE
All I know about this one is that the guy’s name is Jarret and he is awesome. His knuckle tattoos are a tribute to the first Star Wars movie’s subtitle “A New Hope“. On his thumbs the symbols for the Empire and the Rebel Alliance. “Shoot First” is a reference to Han Solo shooting Greedo in the Cantina scene. In the original film Han shot first, killing Greedo in cold blood. In the remastered version, Greedo shoots and then Han retaliates, taking the teeth out of Han Solo and making his eventual redemption considerably weaker.
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LOVE COCK
These beauties belong to Cheryl a tattooist at Custom Tattoos from the Soul here in Austin, TX. She went through a bad break up and was originally going to get FUCK LOVE but decided at the last that she still loved the cock. The artist apparently took a lot of convincing to do this tattoo. He is currently her boyfriend.
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HOMEWARD – DAMN FOOL
These hands belong to Tom Y. He got HOMEWARD because he is always the first one to go home or leave the party. He also doubled up and got:
The story goes like this. He and his friends were sitting out side of the tattoo shop talking about what they would get on their second set of knuckles when some girls walked by and said “You guys are some damn fools”. So he went in and got them done.
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RIFF RAFF
These hands belong to Smitty in Omaha, Nebraska. He owns a tattoo and piercing shop called Big Brain Productions. He was thinking about getting FAKE TITS or CHOP SUEY, but opted for RIFF RAFF in carnival letters instead.
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HELL BENT
These knuckle tattoos belong to Bud W, apprentice tattoo artist at Inktown Tattoo in Lombard IL. He says that he is hell bent to tattoo, thus the knuckles.
Edit: I also wanted to add that his busniness card guarantees his work “If you sit fucking still” and is available in Several Bright Colors.
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AMOR ODIO
These are the hands of Christopher G from Dallas, TX. It means Love and Hate in Spanish. It is also the name of the tattoo shop that he owns.
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STAY GOLD
These were sent in by Jake Tong, tattoo artist. His story:
Hi – my name is Jake – I have a website www.jaketong.com. I am a tattooist/artist/professional jerk. Made popular from Robert Frost excerpt in the movie/book “The Outsiders
” , I got STAY GOLD on my knuckles for a few reasons- A. To me stay gold kinda means stay young as long as you can. B. Kinda was a way for me to say “I’m set in my career”. I’m also stoked ’cause they were done by Bob Creepy, who was my mentor. I owe a lot to the dude.
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MID-WEST
This set of knuckle tattoos comes direct from Tristan W. who says:
i’m currently in Rochester, NY but born and bred in the midwest. nothing but flatlands and cornfields. this ink reminds me that even though i’ve been on the east coast for a decade, my roots are in the middle west. it’s a comfort knowing that even though i won’t be going home, home is always with me.
These knuckles belong to Reece Lightning. The artist was Shawn Featherton. Reece says that they save him a lot of time fishing his ID out of his pocket at bars.