polliwog Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 irezumi said: And/or fire. I've been seriously thinking about getting a Chad Koeplinger flash illustration of an owl with a flaming head. I saw it while I was getting tattooed in Ohio and immediately wanted it tattooed on me but felt conflicted because, well, it's an owl. But it's an owl with fire... joakim urma, irezumi, gougetheeyes and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/5216-traditional-designs-stabbed-animals/?page=2#findComment-94672 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gougetheeyes Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 @polliwog the owls are not what they seem. So do it! joakim urma, growltiger, tatB and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/5216-traditional-designs-stabbed-animals/?page=2#findComment-94682 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoryQ Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 If it's an occult / Twin Peaks owl then normal rules of thumb do not apply. growltiger, polliwog and TattooedMumma 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/5216-traditional-designs-stabbed-animals/?page=2#findComment-94725 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikhall Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 I've got a pharoes horses with a dagger through, it's cool but I really feel like I need to put a dagger through something else, almost got a dagger through a kewpie before might pull that one out. People will think it's about abortion but I just think it'd look rad gougetheeyes and MadeIndelible 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/5216-traditional-designs-stabbed-animals/?page=2#findComment-94727 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gougetheeyes Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Rikhall said: People will think it's about abortion but I just think it'd look rad Who will think it's about abortion?! Interesting twist though -- are you stabbing the kewpie in support of abortion or in opposition to it? In other news, it's almost time for my third annual kewpie tattoo.. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/5216-traditional-designs-stabbed-animals/?page=2#findComment-94738 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikhall Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 gougetheeyes said: Who will think it's about abortion?! Interesting twist though -- are you stabbing the kewpie in support of abortion or in opposition to it? In other news, it's almost time for my third annual kewpie tattoo.. Just people take the wrong ideas from tattoos haha, for me it'd be because I love kewpies and daggers, cool what you getting? Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/5216-traditional-designs-stabbed-animals/?page=2#findComment-94740 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slayer9019 Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 I got a dagger through a skull and a snake because, really unless I added a panther how much better can that get? kimkong, Nate Pea, Avery Taylor and 10 others 13 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/5216-traditional-designs-stabbed-animals/?page=2#findComment-94758 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gougetheeyes Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 @slayer9019 oh right, we all have tattoos, good call. Desa panther from four years ago (time fliiiies) and J. Pov wolf head from maybe 2011. Iwar, slayer9019, tatB and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/5216-traditional-designs-stabbed-animals/?page=2#findComment-94853 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Pea Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 slayer9019 said: I got a dagger through a skull and a snake because, really unless I added a panther how much better can that get? fucking love that tattoo - - - Updated - - - thinking about the first modern recorded tattoo's would all be polynesian. those tattoos were supposed to convey power. powerful images are awesome. what could be more poweful than somethings head run through Mark Bee and gougetheeyes 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/5216-traditional-designs-stabbed-animals/?page=2#findComment-95386 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faolan Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 gougetheeyes said: It's how we used to kill panthers and gorillas.. before the internet RUINED TATTOOING. it's a manly symbol from back when real men got tattoos, and today real men still get them because we're manly enough to get a tattoo we like and not care if other people are ruining its meaning. By men i of course mean women too, because it's a damn fine woman who can stand by that tattoo. MadeIndelible, gougetheeyes and hogg 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/5216-traditional-designs-stabbed-animals/?page=2#findComment-95462 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faolan Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 I have a question to add on this too, thinking of getting one myself actually, so does anyone know if the direction of the dagger matters? I've seen one with the dagger pointed up with the tip sticking through its skull, or stabbed down through the top the skull and the tip through their jaw, and wondered if maybe there was a deeper meaning to it than just how it looked. I guess you can't sneak up on the animal if you're stabbing upwards, so to face it head on shows "bravery and honor". thanks! Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/5216-traditional-designs-stabbed-animals/?page=2#findComment-95816 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadeIndelible Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 @Faolan I think, if anything, it would be like the rule that tattoos are placed so the viewer sees them best. For example, faces are placed so that the tattoo is looking forward on the arms, or inward on the chest. Faolan 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/5216-traditional-designs-stabbed-animals/?page=2#findComment-95950 Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Burgess Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 I always thought the panther/tiger/leopard head gettin' stabbed was a symbolic reference to mans intellect(the dagger) cutting through his more base, animal instincts. Intellect vs. instinct is what I have always thought. Graeme and Faolan 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/5216-traditional-designs-stabbed-animals/?page=2#findComment-98258 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colored Guy Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 I want to see a dagger with a dagger thru it... daveborjes, Dumpleton, Faolan and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/5216-traditional-designs-stabbed-animals/?page=2#findComment-98346 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtthrmn Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 "What's the toughest thing I could possibly get, so everyone can see how nails I am?" "I know, A Panther" "Wait, with a fucking dagger through it" Haha, my conversation with my girlfriend before getting my panther was almost verbatim. Tattoo (and photo) by Erik Gillespie, done at Great Lakes Tattoo guitguy, Hospitelli, Shaun1105 and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/5216-traditional-designs-stabbed-animals/?page=2#findComment-98404 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimstanley Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Cuz I kill stuff, meng. I imagine getting the dagger going down is crazy, cuz you had to drive that thing through a skull and brains and stuff, and thats baller, but that's too much thought. Realistically its just the combination of aesthetics. I want a dagger, and I want an animal head, lets do both. And it looks cool. @William Burgess It could also be a nature thing. Either our domination as top predator, and ownership of all the prey/resources, or our "domination over" nature in general. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/5216-traditional-designs-stabbed-animals/?page=2#findComment-98407 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medusa Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 MRCL said: Quick question, I've always wondered about this... why is that in a lot of traditional tattoo designs, animals, animal heads and so one are getting stabbed? Like the often seen Panther-with-a-dagger-through-the-head. I get it if you really hate a certain kind of animal or have some other more or less valid reason for it (I've played with the thought of a tattoo with a spider punctured by a dagger because I'm afraid of them (yet don't kill them in real life since I value their insect killing existence)). But other than that? Is there a reason, a story behind those designs? Just wonderin' not judging ;) I know this is an old thread, but I couldn't help but to post a reply. On a deeper and more thoughtful level, the dagger through the head of an animal represents the slaying of the "beast" within, or a conquering over man's bestial nature. TattooedMumma 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/5216-traditional-designs-stabbed-animals/?page=2#findComment-123466 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TattooedMumma Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 BrianH said: it is a sexual thing. the dagger symbolizes a penis. Holy shit a future tatto I am getting for my father just screams daddy issues in that case ? beez 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/5216-traditional-designs-stabbed-animals/?page=2#findComment-123658 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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