mine i got from my personal friend and artist that has done all mine when i was 19 or so. i had never met him before and a mutual friend asked if i would take him to get a tattoo at his house so i said yeah sure lets go. we get to the guys house and my buddy i took there gets his work done. the artist was cleaning every thing up and putting every thing in the autoclave, my buddy asked me if i wanted gas money or a tattoo so i said i have been wanting dog tags on my chest so the artist finishes cleaning every thing, and gets new needles, tubes, ink cups every thing you would expect in a shop and we start tattooing my chest with the dog tags with my grandfrathers name and date he was born and date he passed away. after we were done i got his number and the next week i was back getting more work done. then he moved to a shop and since the owner was a asshole i couldnt do trades for work anymore so its been a while since i have got tattooed.