iworkwhippets 12,689 Posted October 9, 2022 Report Share Posted October 9, 2022 (edited) 10 minutes ago, fireman said: I know i keep looking at the picture of it and thinking the feathers you can really see there feathers and even the arse/vent of the bird you can see but it don't look silly, thanks Keith and couldn't be happier with it.. Without a word of a lie , i keep looking at it myself, its the detail, its as though the bugger is perched on your tit , money well worth spent, bang on is that, and a credit to the tattooist Edited October 9, 2022 by iworkwhippets 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
micky 3,325 Posted October 9, 2022 Report Share Posted October 9, 2022 20 hours ago, fireman said: At the start of the year my old friend who has a studio not to far from Northampton put up a comp with a tattoo as the prize and asked for suggestions,i said native finches,goldfinch,bullfinch etc and i won to cut a long story short and as iv'e never been inked before i just handed myself over to her and she chose the picture and did everything off her own back as such..Her skill is awesome and i'd recommend the studio to anyone and i travelled from Norfolk for it and it's worth every mile travelled... Creative Tutch Body Art,,,Kislingbury, Northampton......Check it out, ... We built a house at Kislingbury about 1965 it was only a tiny village then and across the road from the Plot were two men in a Field gassing Rabbits using an ex army petrol air compressor , one man was on the tap that fed the Cymag powder into the Air line the other was in the middle of the Warren stamping everywhere the powder blew out no mask or gloves my mate said his roll up would keep him safe . 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bosun11 537 Posted October 9, 2022 Report Share Posted October 9, 2022 21 hours ago, fireman said: A old friend of mine did this for me and have to say myself it's one of the best tattoo's iv'e ever seen any where... That's excellent work... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bell 3,606 Posted October 9, 2022 Report Share Posted October 9, 2022 2 hours ago, micky said: We built a house at Kislingbury about 1965 it was only a tiny village then and across the road from the Plot were two men in a Field gassing Rabbits using an ex army petrol air compressor , one man was on the tap that fed the Cymag powder into the Air line the other was in the middle of the Warren stamping everywhere the powder blew out no mask or gloves my mate said his roll up would keep him safe . And they both had rabbit tattoos I’m guessing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 30,395 Posted October 9, 2022 Report Share Posted October 9, 2022 Ive always liked tattoos but dont have any having had a couple removed many years ago....seems strange to be having a first one at 56 Fireman did you never fancy getting any before now ?.........i always think bright colours on pale skin looks terrible but that Goldies looks smart....almost like a photograph. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fireman 10,993 Posted October 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2022 8 minutes ago, gnasher16 said: Ive always liked tattoos but dont have any having had a couple removed many years ago....seems strange to be having a first one at 56 Fireman did you never fancy getting any before now ?.........i always think bright colours on pale skin looks terrible but that Goldies looks smart....almost like a photograph. I have thought about it before but i hate tattoo's with thick lines and that's all there was for years,plus the old school tattoo's of swallows,scrolls etc do look a bit shit to me so never fancied getting anything done. Now years ahead and the art,equipment and colours are all different it sort of come together for me and this tattoo is going into her portfolio and she sort of needed to do something like this and better on me than anyone else so here it is.. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 30,395 Posted October 9, 2022 Report Share Posted October 9, 2022 1 hour ago, fireman said: I have thought about it before but i hate tattoo's with thick lines and that's all there was for years,plus the old school tattoo's of swallows,scrolls etc do look a bit shit to me so never fancied getting anything done. Now years ahead and the art,equipment and colours are all different it sort of come together for me and this tattoo is going into her portfolio and she sort of needed to do something like this and better on me than anyone else so here it is.. Its certainly a different game to years ago a good pal of mine had a tattoo shop in Walthamstow since the late 80's but packed it all in a few years ago said he just couldnt compete with the quality about today.....didnt help that his eyes were going but he reckons its a young persons game now.....should all work out for your friend if that ones anything to go by anyway. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
low plains drifter 10,700 Posted October 10, 2022 Report Share Posted October 10, 2022 On 08/10/2022 at 18:31, fireman said: A old friend of mine did this for me and have to say myself it's one of the best tattoo's iv'e ever seen any where... You appear to have developed the coffee and biscuit collar bones the same as I have, I have a counterpart who requested the likes of garlic sausage, and nowadays clears the town high street with his ten to two feet and impending framework Incidentally, I recall a school dinner circa 1987 when he requested as much chicken curry, rice, chips, and chutney as would fill the tray, and got his way lemon meringue pie included Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fredric55 3 Posted October 10, 2022 Report Share Posted October 10, 2022 I am not into tattoos myself but have seen some very nice ones, and "sleeve" tattoos can look really good. And i think tattoos have got better over the years. I don't have any but my wife has 4 tattoos. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tatsblisters 10,209 Posted October 10, 2022 Report Share Posted October 10, 2022 Is the well known lurcher man Lal Hardy still doing tattoos thought some of his work I saw back in the day was good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 27,361 Posted October 10, 2022 Report Share Posted October 10, 2022 50 minutes ago, tatsblisters said: Is the well known lurcher man Lal Hardy still doing tattoos thought some of his work I saw back in the day was good. North London? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tatsblisters 10,209 Posted October 10, 2022 Report Share Posted October 10, 2022 36 minutes ago, mackem said: North London? Think so mate a well known name on the lurcher scene 80s and 90s even though I knew a few lads from north London back in the day and used to have the odd weekend down there with them and going in the birdhouse Saturday night I never met him or heard the other lads mention him. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 27,361 Posted October 10, 2022 Report Share Posted October 10, 2022 4 minutes ago, tatsblisters said: Think so mate a well known name on the lurcher scene 80s and 90s even though I knew a few lads from north London back in the day and used to have the odd weekend down there with them and going in the birdhouse Saturday night I never met him or heard the other lads mention him. I remember Lal Hardy from that period, I think his studio was North London 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 27,361 Posted October 10, 2022 Report Share Posted October 10, 2022 Just found him on insta. Lal Hardy Tattoo Maker (@lalhardy) • Instagram photos and videos WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM 41K Followers, 3,041 Following, 1,889 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Lal... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dytkos 17,819 Posted October 10, 2022 Report Share Posted October 10, 2022 Had my first 45 years back, can't read the writing on it now, but it meant something then and it does now Cheers, D. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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