Mick Weder

Drink more alcoholic beverages to make up for the lack of swimming pool activities. That would be my advice.

Sure. Gonna use some more to crop out other little areas here & there.

Webs are great fillers. When finishing sleeving one of my hands a little while ago, we used web to crop out little areas which turned out to be a great result.

Picked up the Tiger today. Belted 200k's on her straight up. Jesus, had more fun riding this today than the Harley. Dropped in to see Grand Ma on the way home also, think she too would have liked this old girl. Awesome.

When ya start using the terms "back in the day"

After 28 years of being tattooed, I've never had any words tattooed on me, until about 4 weeks ago when I had an old time bird with my 2 kids names written in the two scrolls. Not because I disagree with names, but for me it's a matter of utilising to the max my real estate for punch in solid tattooing. Each to their own. Every mother fucker has an opinion on what ya shouldn't do. I like it when I'm told I shouldn't do something. That's a green light to go ahead and do it.

Pick up my '78 Tiger Trumpy tomoza. Had it complianced, registered, new tyres this week. Meeting a mate, then take a belt through the hills for a 200k run, nice and easy. I'll attempt to rip a couple of photos on the road and rip 'em up. Fkn woot.

I'm off this morning to spend a few hours with my tattooer, to talk and plan one of these fuckin dreaded foot sleeves we're stepping into. A few ales, in a smoke filled room, toggling a few ideas, havin a laugh. Yeah, sometimes I prefer that part than the actual tattoo itself.

[emoji106] I'd probably say the level of intoxication should be high with all parties involved whilst participating in any form of bizarre drunky blunders, although admission of such activities shall remain strictly confidential. My 9 year old daughter sets up tattoo booths, lines up all her colours and charges 50 cents for custom designs. All hearts and arrows [emoji4] I sometimes forget to wash them off and rock into work with a little texta tattoo slammed on the back of my neck.

A hot shower definitely. Do this every time, have done for years. When working my back, I too was in the ocean a couple days after a solid sitting. Just made sure I washed under the fresh showers to rid myself of excess salt, and happy days. No dramas. Again, not a practice I would undertake, it was just one of them things at the time.

Not inappropriate if you're the same level of intoxication. And there's a bit of an unwritten rule that what happens at drunken parties, stays at drunken parties. A life ban on any individual who breaches that rule must also be reinforced. :)

@Graeme. That frog is faaarkin smokin'!

There's tattooed motherfuckers everywhere here in Australia. Loads of tattoo conventions and stuff like, Surf & Ink, Rites Of Passage, Australian Tattoo & Body Art Expo in Sydney & Melbourne, Australia Day Tattoo Convention, Logan Tattoo & Art Exhibition...that's just off the top of my head. I'll be honest, I've been to a couple of conventions, but I ain't a big fan. It's too commercial like for my liking. I use to like the Tattoo Shows put on by Motorcycle Clubs, but up here in Qld, they've shut all the Clubs, Clubhouses & events down...but that's a different story What I would really like to do though is hit a convention overseas...like maybe the London or NY Convention, just to say I have, plus a good excuse to jump on a plane & fly the fuck out of here for a bit. Mind you, I can't leave this place for too long. I dig the isolated beaches, camping in sand dunes and the ability to organise our runs to out of the way places. Actually was just sorting our next run with one of the boys tonight in October. Actually, another one of the boys just returned yesterday from the States doing some big ride over there. I'll have to catch him this week and get the low down. Northern NSW is furkin awesome riding. We had a run through there a couple months back. Just 2 days on the road, an overnighter in the dunes. Haha...wasn't til the morning we noticed the beware of snakes signs plastered all over the place. But fkn nice...day 1 we're banging the coast lines camping the dunes, day 2 we're pumping through the mountains hanging out with the Hippies in Hippie towns...mind you, they didn't like us rolling in...but where there's pub, there's beer.

Yes. A HD Wide Glide and recently just purchased a '78 Trumpy Tiger. Actually cruised over today to see how the Trumpy is going...we're waiting for a dude to give us the go ahead for Australian compliance. An easy one 'cause it's all original, but because it's a pre '82, we gotta pay something like an extra 100 dollars for some kind of another bullshit inspection from some dude who'll probably just pocket the dough, but they got us cause it's a '78, but we should have it on the road this Friday. Here's a link to international requirements in NSW, but each state should be very similar...ish. International drivers and riders < New residents of NSW < Licensing < Roads and Maritime Services Yeah, we got some nasty, aggressive fuckers slithering around...then ya got the wild life! No shit, I was belting my Glide through the hills a few weeks back. Came down the bottom side of the range and hit this nice wide sweeper. As I hit the corner leaning in, here was this fuckin 4 foot something King Brown snake taking up half the road, my side. We had a shit load of rain, and today the sun was shining around mid day. Perfect for the KB to enjoy the rays on a warm road. Not a person or vehicle in sight, then all of a sudden here comes this bike banging round the bend. Any fkn way, I shit, counter steered to the right to try miss the fucker, cause the last thing I wanted was the fucker hooking up under the bike ya know? I tell ya, when shit happens, funny how quick you can react at times. Anyway, missed the fucker by that much, but what spun me the fuck out was, the same time this snake whiplashed back and went to strike me. I shit you not...I was that close to the fucker for a 100th of a second, I could see it's fkn mouth open going for the strike as I pumped past. Now, as I've mentioned...ya can never let the truth get in the way of a good yarn...but that shit was true as I'm typing. Those king Browns fuckin' kill man. Good times.

Yes mate, we do. But I don't frequent bars where the mainstream hang out mate, only where decent motherfuckers hang where folks don't give a fuck. It's either that or under the stars on a motorcycle run with a few trusted ones.

Nicely put. When ya put it out there, ya sometimes think...fuck! kick ya toe, why did I do that for! but that summary @Gloomy Inks nails it as to why I kinda took a punt to throw some shit in as well. Yeah, we don't know exactly what we're dealing with on line at the best of times, but I kinda feel we're in pretty good company here. I only fit in with one type of people, our kinda people. Dudes I'll probably never ever meet in person here have still pointed me in the direction in sourcing out shit for my bikes and stuff. Taken the time to send a PM to steer me in the right direction. That's genuine shit, so I'm just being genuine back. @Gloomy Inks again, you got a real good disposition with your shit man. I was reading your blog, and that's strength brother! You have much more than most going on dude. Sweet. Oh, and if ya ever on the East Coast of Aus. Let me know, my shout at the bar.

That's gold. Thanks. I might give that a whirl too next time some noodle asks me the same again. Fuck this tapatalk on the iPhone.

Paw Paw is alright I find, but not too much. It has a local anaesthetic in it which will ease the burn and reduce the redness. But I only use it in tricky spots and it has to be a very light film...otherwise ya right mate, it weeps like a mother fucker.

As above, the skin takes some time to lose that scarification look. Wouldn't stress too much. The tattoo hasn't stopped healing when the scab flakes off. :)

How fkn quick is Lowbrow Customs! 8 working days from date of purchase to my door in Eastern Australia. Just saying.

It's this blatant upstart attitude that earns you no respect, although please...don't beg, a dog does that when it loses all self respect. I see what we have here though, another art collector rather than an enthusiast. At one point, I might have been interested in the type of tattoos you have...the experiences you've had in street front shops...the understanding you have gained from this old time traditional culture...the networks you have established, the people who make this culture such a tight knit community based on respect, but I'm kinda guessing now you haven't. I have this feeling you have gained zero insight into how a traditional tattoo goes far deeper for some than just a picture, it's significant nature far beyond the lines you perceive as imperfection...mmm, but I'm not See, we don't need to convince you of fuck all. You haven't earned it. You bumbled your own way into this, all on your own. Well done.

No, I think your picking up what I'm putting down here @Fala. From the wise words of the ancient prophet Arhur Fonzarelli (better known as The Fonz) once said, “Exactamundo”.

This is the best advice in the world. When you understand where a lot of us come from here Miss Veronica you will see @Graeme was being genuine, welcoming, friendly and sincere. Now, after you apologise for calling his knowledgeable response dumb, maybe you can start appreciating and learning why this advice is so sound. Plus, I like it. Reminds me when I wanted my eagle slammed into my stomach and ribs, I said to my tattooer. I don't give a fuck how it looks, all I want is a trad looking fuck off eagle in flight gripping another big fuck off skull drilled into my mid pipe. He knew exactly what I meant. For me, it represents my freedom, my flight from a dark period into a brighter future, although carrying elements to remind me of where I've been, and to where I'm going. Ha! No it doesn't, I literally just made that shit up on the spot! Maybe I watched too many episodes of M.I. Sounds fuckin cool, I mean stupid but doesn't it? No, I got it because...well, you should kinda get it by now I'm hoping :) Welcome the fuck to LST. The friendliest place on the web ;)

Phew. Thank fuck I chose a dagger through a skull with an eagle on top last week. Now I don't feel like such a cock.

One of my brothers come off his bike this afternoon. Ambos got him in to Trauma pretty quick. Nurse 1st on the scene, I got the call. Made it to the hospital just after the Ambos did. He's alright lucky enough. Broken fingers, smashed teeth and face. No head injury. Lucky, he was ripping into a set of lights just turned red when a pedestrian stepped out on to the road at the same time. Locked up and over. Ha! And I was only just saying to our mum just before, ya don't fall off bikes. Ya either loose control or get T boned. Think he better upgrade to some ABS I think :)