I found these knuckles on LiveJournal a ways back and contacted the photographer Mikey Krzyzanowski of Drop Dead Photos. The model’s name is Deb De Vine and this is her story:

Getting my knuckles tattooed was one of the most exciting thing i’ve had done,the reason why i chose to have them done was the fact for plain old shock value, no one would expect someone who  dresses proper, and dose not look “the part” to have such a place inked. As for the phrase ‘Haus Wife’ my husband is a german teacher, hence the spelling, and i always have pictured myself as the perfect wife to come home to

so i know its hokey but its me.

These knuckles come via Celina Homer:

Through out my life, i’ve always known who i was, but have always felt like i didn’t belong anywhere, So i got the word “LOST” on my right knuckles. and i have NO sense of direction and it has gotten me into a lot of trouble.

Mel of Skin Deep Tattoos in Sydney, Australia sends us these knuckle tattoos from down under:

Hey my names Mel, An heres my tattoo!

I work in a tatt shop an always wanted them done,

Im a kid at heart and love all things fun, so I got play time,

Some say it means other stuff but only on weekends!  : P

These knuckles come all the way from Natalia in Costa Rica. I don’t know what she is saying, but I’m pretty sure it is awesome:

my name is natalia, from costa rica! ;) y me tatué stay calm, porque soy impaciente, estresada y me altero por todo, aun teniendolo tatuado, i just cant stay calm ;) pero voy progresando hahahaha….
oh and a diamond. made my alejandro cole, at stattoos tattoo, san pedro, costa rica ♥

UPDATE: Since several people ponited me towards google translate, I’ve gone ahead and added the rough English translation: 

my name is natalia, from Costa Rica! ;) Tatu and I stay calm, because I am anxious, stressed and altered by me throughout, even keeping a tattoo, i just cannot stay calm;) hahahaha … but I make progress. 
oh and a diamond. made by alejandro cole, at stattoos tattoo, San Pedro, Costa Rica ♥

I spotted these lucky knuckles in Penn Station on Liz, who was waiting for a train during rush hour:

She likes the symbolism of the four card suits which serves to remind her that “life is a gamble”. These are on her right hand. Her left hand is still knuckle tattoo-free.

These were inked at Wyld Chyld Tattoo in Merrick, New York.

Check out one of her other tattoos over on Tattoosday.

Thanks to Liz for sharing these with us here on KnuckleTattoos.com!

Hello gentle readers!

I have some great news for you! Knuckletattoo.com is proud to present our T-Shirts! We have two styles to choose from, both designed by the awesome and talented Nik Scarlett:

The banner shirt:

And the DIY Kit:

Head on over to the Merch page to place your pre-orders. I’ll give it a week week or so and then put in the order for shirts. They should ship out the week after that. I hope you are as stoked as I am!

This photo came up on the New York Times sports section. Check out the full story: Rough Waves, Tougher Beaches.