Old tattoo photos

[MadeIndelible]

fournoreason.tumblr.com

[SStu]

Some of you may have already seen this elsewhere, recently:

[Mitch Wood]

This thread is so fucking awesome, I just read through the whole damn thing in one sitting.

[ta2d2at]

What is the story behind the script in his stomach? "He kept his promise" I think it says.

Great pics man!

hi, i am not sure if you ever got a reply from one of us on this question...my husband went to college when he was around 30 years old and went for four years...his brother told him that if he made it thru, he would fly in to see him graduate. so that is the date he graduated and a notation of the fact that his brother kept his promise :)

ta2d2at

[kdhenry2010]

I love seeing old tattoos! I wish i has a grandmother/grandfather that had them because I think it would be cool to get the same thing.

[kylegrey]

Is this old ? Don't care ... Ed Hardy awesomeness .

[kylegrey]

First pic is tattooed by Horiyoshi I , second is both Horiyoshi I & II .

[MadeIndelible]

Some pictures from a book I picked up not too long ago entitled A History of Japanese Body Suit Tattooing (I found out about the book thanks to a couple people on this site, so thank you for that, LST). Unfortunately, none of these pictures had credits for the tattooers.

The third and fourth picture are both tattoos of Benkei (or Onikawamaru [Young Devil Child]) fighting a giant carp that devoured his mother at the Bishamon Waterfall.

[kylegrey]

Horiyoshi III - flowers and water baby .

[MadeIndelible]

Doc Price (early 80s):

Old Ink | A pictorial archive of tattoos and artwork from the past

[Our Endless Days]

check this shit

Flavorwire » Awesome Vintage Photographs of Tattooed Women

Vintage Tattoos | Amusing Planet

[SStu]

check this shit

Flavorwire » Awesome Vintage Photographs of Tattooed Women

Vintage Tattoos | Amusing Planet

I sure wish they could have captions and credits.

[kylegrey]

This is cool , Running Bear of G.T.C End of Trails , photographed in Japan .

[Our Endless Days]

@SStu i thought the same thing. First rate journalism right there.

[Kev]

check this shit

Flavorwire » Awesome Vintage Photographs of Tattooed Women

Vintage Tattoos | Amusing Planet

Man, I dig those French prison tattoos

[kylegrey]

Norman Collins .

[kylegrey]

Hardy and Horiyoshi - Con Safos .

[kylegrey]

George Burchett .

[Paulywhore]

ran into this guy at the store, I asked him where he got it and he said “ohh I got that at the pike in like 69’” , he couldn’t remember who did it.

[kylegrey]

Johnny Walker tattooing at Jerry's shop , Honolulu 60's .

[kylegrey]

Two from Western Australia's Rick Luder , circa 1970's .

[Paul H]

Thought I'd upload these images of my Dad's tattoo's, hope they maybe of interest. They were done between 1963-65 in Brighton, UK by Alan Bonnick.

[abees]

thanks for posting these, @Paul H. really great.

[gougetheeyes]

@Paul H dad was a badass

[slayer9019]

@Paul H awesome. 3rd post and already putting up some cool stuff.