teddibease Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 I guess you could say I'm interested in old time tattoos done by old time tattooers. What old tattooer have you been tattooed by? Any that you would like to get tattooed by in the future? I've been tattooed by Bob Roberts, Bowery Stan, Tony Polito, Eric Inksmith and Sailor Eddie Jr. I'd love to add something by many different tattooers of the "old guard" but particularly Zeke Owen. gougetheeyes, Johannes, CultExciter and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4189-pre-1985-tattooers-youve-been-tattooed-by/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogg Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Cool thread! I've been tattooed by Mike Malone (RIP), Bill Salmon, Bob Roberts, and Horiyoshi 3. I think Freddy Corbin started tattooing just after 1985. Man, @Bunny Switchblade is gonna crush this thread! irezumi, Graeme, CultExciter and 11 others 14 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4189-pre-1985-tattooers-youve-been-tattooed-by/#findComment-74185 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAllen Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Rich T Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4189-pre-1985-tattooers-youve-been-tattooed-by/#findComment-74186 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 I've been tattooed by Tony D'Annessa who started in the late 50s and is still tattooing at PSC Tattoo in Montreal, and Danny who tattoos at Tatouage Artistique in Montreal and he started in '81 or '82 I believe. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4189-pre-1985-tattooers-youve-been-tattooed-by/#findComment-74194 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunny Switchblade Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Cool thread! I've been tattooed by Mike Malone (RIP), Bill Salmon, Bob Roberts, and Horiyoshi 3. I think Freddy Corbin started tattooing just after 1985. Man, @Bunny Switchblade is gonna crush this thread! Ha ha ha.......well this is truly what I have focused my "collecting" on! Can I ask why pick the year 1985? I am just curious...... - - - Updated - - - Here are a few off the top of my head..... There are probably several more but I am not sure they have made it to the 28-30 year mark just yet so i didn't include them...... Debra Yarian Debbie Lenz Gale Watkins (my mentor) Tony Polito Mike Perfetto Steve Delgatto Jerry "Reds" Donohoe Ronnie Dell'Aquila Richard Stell John Black Tom Beasley Ritchie Montgomery Dana Brunson Jennie Peace LeDan Peace Stan Moskowitz Marvin Moskowitz Ernie Carafa Jerry Swallow Juli Moon George Benjamin Mike Skiver hogg, Johannes, KYboy and 19 others 22 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4189-pre-1985-tattooers-youve-been-tattooed-by/#findComment-74203 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironchef Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 2013 is Henning Jorgensen's 30 Anniversary for his shop Royal Tattoo in Denmark. That places him starting at 1983, does that count? ;) real meta, hogg, tatB and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4189-pre-1985-tattooers-youve-been-tattooed-by/#findComment-74207 Share on other sites More sharing options...
irezumi Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Nobody is gonna top Bunny in this thread As far as myself; deVita Tux Higgs Sonny Tufts hogg, Oiocha, Deb Yarian and 19 others 22 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4189-pre-1985-tattooers-youve-been-tattooed-by/#findComment-74211 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogg Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Yep, Bunny crushed it. She also reminded me that I've been tattooed by Richard Stell (knew I was forgetting someone!). ironchef, Deb Yarian, tatB and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4189-pre-1985-tattooers-youve-been-tattooed-by/#findComment-74212 Share on other sites More sharing options...
el twe Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Nobody is gonna top Bunny in this threadAs far as myself; deVita Tux Higgs Sonny Tufts Can I like this twice? irezumi 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4189-pre-1985-tattooers-youve-been-tattooed-by/#findComment-74215 Share on other sites More sharing options...
a1steaks Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Henning Jorgensen and Trevor McStay (I think he started pre 85?) I missed out on Mr. Hardy because I was broke at the time... Oh, and some dude name Don from Brooklyn when I was a teenager but I try not to think about him! Duffa, ironchef and gougetheeyes 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4189-pre-1985-tattooers-youve-been-tattooed-by/#findComment-74216 Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddibease Posted September 9, 2013 Author Share Posted September 9, 2013 Ha ha ha.......well this is truly what I have focused my "collecting" on!Can I ask why pick the year 1985? I am just curious...... - - - Updated - - - Here are a few off the top of my head..... There are probably several more but I am not sure they have made it to the 28-30 year mark just yet so i didn't include them...... Debra Yarian Debbie Lenz Gale Watkins (my mentor) Tony Polito Mike Perfetto Steve Delgatto Jerry "Reds" Donohoe Ronnie Dell'Aquila Richard Stell John Black Tom Beasley Ritchie Montgomery Dana Brunson Jennie Peace LeDan Peace Stan Moskowitz Marvin Moskowitz Ernie Carafa Jerry Swallow Juli Moon George Benjamin Mike Skiver Honestly, I only picked 1985 because the vintage tattoos instagram run by Terry Wrigley's son used 1985 as a cutoff for what was considered "vintage". Bunny Switchblade and hogg 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4189-pre-1985-tattooers-youve-been-tattooed-by/#findComment-74218 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SStu Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Can I like this twice? I think you just did. :) - - - Updated - - - Spider Webb Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4189-pre-1985-tattooers-youve-been-tattooed-by/#findComment-74219 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugxjuice Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 I've only been tattooed by one old timer, Eric Inksmith. I'm certainly open to getting more work from the old timey set, but I don't have any plans at the moment. gougetheeyes and Oiocha 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4189-pre-1985-tattooers-youve-been-tattooed-by/#findComment-74220 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunny Switchblade Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Honestly, I only picked 1985 because the vintage tattoos instagram run by Terry Wrigley's son used 1985 as a cutoff for what was considered "vintage". That's cool.....I just wondered if for some people they saw 1985 as some pivotal time in tattooing or something and my first professional tattoo was done in 1984 by Juli Moon..... - - - Updated - - - I don't really know why or what got into my head one evening BUT.....I just decided that I wanted to seek out some of the people who had been tattooing 30-40 years and begin to add their work to my body! At the time I was not even thinking I would ever pick up a machine and tattoo but to me it truly was my way of being able to honor those people who had put their time in to the craft and community I loved since I did not tattoo! It really hit home to me that this is what I felt I should do once I was tattooed by Dennis Watkins....the hubby of my now mentor Gale Watkins! Dennis apparently was dying at the time unknown to anyone but himself and had really stopped tattooing totally. I asked a friend to see if he could convince him to do something small on me....and he agreed to do something! That one tattoo turned into three.....Myself...my hubby....and my son have his last three tattoos! After his death I asked a few well known tattoo artists who I was fortunate to be friends with who were others who had this kind of time in and got back a wonderful list I have been chipping away at for some time now! I try not to really draw a lot of attention to myself because I am really no one special.....I have just taken the time to have been tattooed by a lot of really wonderful people who love/loved what they do..... I really would urge others to do this as well if you are just going for smaller pieces here and there on your body rather than larger mural style pieces! hogg, mtlsam, spookysproul and 14 others 17 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4189-pre-1985-tattooers-youve-been-tattooed-by/#findComment-74224 Share on other sites More sharing options...
irezumi Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 You rule Bunny. You have such an awesome outlook and attitude. Bunny Switchblade and Graeme 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4189-pre-1985-tattooers-youve-been-tattooed-by/#findComment-74245 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAllen Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Nobody is gonna top Bunny in this threadAs far as myself; deVita Tux Higgs Sonny Tufts May not have as many but that's a heavy list. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4189-pre-1985-tattooers-youve-been-tattooed-by/#findComment-74249 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunny Switchblade Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 You rule Bunny. You have such an awesome outlook and attitude. Well......I am just me.....not trying to be anything other than that! But thank you! Fortunately.....if I ever got to far off track I have plenty of people ready to call me out on it.....LMFAO! And with doing the apprenticeship/s I have understood so much more than I did as just a "collector"...... - - - Updated - - - Nobody is gonna top Bunny in this threadAs far as myself; deVita Tux Higgs Sonny Tufts I really kick myself all the time for not adding Tux and Higgs when I had the chances too! I have to admit I am jealous...... :) That is a solid list in anyone's book....it's about quality and respect.....not about quantity! No competition here.....we all have some really awesome work here and this is a great family to be a part of....we are all equals in our love for this craft/business! hogg and Joe Shit 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4189-pre-1985-tattooers-youve-been-tattooed-by/#findComment-74262 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookietruck Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 got one from richard stell and two from bob moreau. knowledge, character and great stories... Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4189-pre-1985-tattooers-youve-been-tattooed-by/#findComment-74267 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogg Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 got one from richard stell and two from bob moreau.knowledge, character and great stories... When I saw that you had posted in this thread, I was hoping to see Bob Moreau's name. Not many people outside of Austin know about him, but he is the man who taught Chris Treviño to tattoo. And for that, we all owe him a huge debt. Bunny Switchblade, cookietruck and ironchef 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4189-pre-1985-tattooers-youve-been-tattooed-by/#findComment-74270 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cork Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 I feel special because I get to just comment in this thread. I have also been lucky enough to get a hit from Stell. In 15 years I'll get to post again about Dana Helmuth and Dave Fox, haha. hogg, Joe Shit and Bunny Switchblade 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4189-pre-1985-tattooers-youve-been-tattooed-by/#findComment-74279 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dooktruck Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 i got one from bob moreau and my wife has two from him i think bob also taught dave lum how to tattoo thats the extent of my old timers list but bob is awesome irezumi, cookietruck and hogg 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4189-pre-1985-tattooers-youve-been-tattooed-by/#findComment-74280 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 i got one from bob moreau and my wife has two from himi think bob also taught dave lum how to tattoo thats the extent of my old timers list but bob is awesome Damn, that's a legacy. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4189-pre-1985-tattooers-youve-been-tattooed-by/#findComment-74281 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironchef Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Please please keep this thread going. I'm looking up these names on Google (thankful for this part of technology) and just reading up on the amazing history and backgrounds of these tattoo artists. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4189-pre-1985-tattooers-youve-been-tattooed-by/#findComment-74284 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookietruck Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 When I saw that you had posted in this thread, I was hoping to see Bob Moreau's name. Not many people outside of Austin know about him, but he is the man who taught Chris Treviño to tattoo. And for that, we all owe him a huge debt. yeah, stell said he thought bob is the person most influential to tattooing in texas. because of who he taught to tattoo. bob has this joke he makes when people are getting work by someone other than him, basically he goes "oh i really like how you put the dick in there..." then i learned he taught dave lum to tattoo and i thought whoa, at one point maybe that wasn't a joke and something he didn't say out loud. of course bob is a really nice dude and doesn't agree with hiding shit in tattoos... hogg and Graeme 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4189-pre-1985-tattooers-youve-been-tattooed-by/#findComment-74285 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogg Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Wait a minute--Bob taught Dave Lum to tattoo? Wow! I had no idea. That dick joke is hilarious. And I think you're probably right about its origin. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4189-pre-1985-tattooers-youve-been-tattooed-by/#findComment-74286 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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