Knuckle Tattoos

NINTENDO

Originally uploaded by bendan42.

Ah flickr, thanks again for the random photos. Not only does this guy like Nintendo, it also seems he is from Vermont as far as I can tell.

UPDATE: Reader Terry L. sends this in:

the only guy i know with that “vermont” tatt across his eck is one of the guys from the cali alt.country band “the devil makes three“. i didn’t know he had a nintendo knuckle tatt, but i just looked at some pics on their site and sure enough, it’s true. makes me like the band even more than i did, and that was quite a bit!

Thanks for the update Terry! Apparently it is Cooper McBean of “The Devil Makes Three”. And yes, he does come from Vermont.

These come courtesy of tattoo artist Erik Kipperman, owner of Swallowtail Tattoo in San Diego, CA.

this is a knuckle tattoo on a customer of mine named brett….he is in the navy; a deck seamen, and he is out to sea. this is a traditional navy tattoo. “Tattooing HOLD, on the knuckles of one hand and FAST, on the other is said to help the seaman hold on to the riggings better.”

in submitting this photo, i am hoping that the tattoo will help him get home safely, so that i can tattoo him some more…

Erik, we are all hoping for the safe return of your friend and all the rest of our troops. To all our pals in the armed forces, be careful out there.

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.

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!