jade1955

Stefanos a really good tattooer and a super nice guy. He's done some really nice work on my partner @Jade1959 as well.

This Saturday with @Stewart Robson with the last session on my ribs. Rose Hardy in September Deno at the London Tattoo Convention in September Sorting something out with Jondix for September/October (fingers crossed) Adam Sage in October (Hand poked) Daniel Albrigo (third session) in November, doing some more on a piece started last year. Edit Jondix confirmed September 25th. Mandala on my palm.

Wow some great stuff to look forward to. I bet your back is on fire, as well.

You can't go wrong with either. Who you booked in with?

^^ This

I quickly glanced at ths before I read it properly. I thought it said "I stand for taxidermy"

Hi & welcome. I've been tattooed by Stefano a few times myself. I really like Tomass' work as well. Matt Black comes from my home town, here in the West Country, I believe. Be nice to see some of your work on the gallery.

I love those eyes. Beautiful little cat.

Haha thats looks like a tattoo of a tapeworm. A very bad tattoo of a tapeworm.

Not an anus tattoo as such. Tattooed anus.

@RoryQ Unfortunately I'm not there on Friday. Saturday & Sunday for me. But I'll take you up on the drinks in Dublin if I make it over next year.

I really like @ross nagles work. Might take a trip over to Ireland next year. I know @Iwar , @RoryQ and @asradin are going. There's a thread http://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/lst-get-togethers-tattoo-conventions/2563-london-tattoo-convention-2012-a.html

You're not wrong.

Just got booked in for a small one with Deno at the London Tattoo Convention. I wasn't going to get tattooed there this year but I have no will power.

@Kev I nearly pissed myself watching that. I really wanted the roo to kick the shit out of that guy with the hat. Heres one of my favourites. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmH9IHJ6ZtQ&feature=player_detailpage

In my view the GB pistol team should have boycotted the Olympics. As a matter of principle, if nothing else. At least it would have caused a little bit of embarrassment to the UK government. One of the problems is that UK shooters have never really stuck together. As far as the guy who wrote the article in the Guardian he is an idiot. He knows nothing about guns or shooting. What criminal would be the slightest bit interested in a single shot .22 rimfire target pistol. As for the ban on pistols it has done nothing to stop gun crime. But then it’s a lot easier to take guns from law abiding people than it is from criminals. And as for the notion that you should have the right to defend yourself, heaven forbid.

I just checked the USPS site and it costs the same to ship to UK as it does to Oz.

Heres some food from my recent trip to NY. Oysters & Aged Creekstone ribeye from the North End Grill And a great brunch at Prime Meats in Brooklyn.

Tough choice but No 1 for me. @Kev I really like a lot of your stuff but you dont ship to the UK, do you?

How about this for crazy. The gun laws in the UK allows anyone to own, and hung on the wall at home, an antique muzzle loader or an obsolete calibre firearm. If, as a firearms certificate holder, I wanted to shoot the gun I would need to have it entered on my licence and stored securely. Once I no longer want to shoot the gun I have to get the gun removed from my licence and I can hang it on the wall again. Modern reproductions of any of these guns have to be held on a firearms certificate. I suppose its a good thing otherwise every gang member would be running around packing a matchlock. Good to know our government is putting public safety first.

We can't actually own, pistols as such in the uk, or short arm as they are classified (apart from Northern Ireland). Long barrelled pistols and revolvers are permitted as long as the overall length is no shorter than 24". This is achieved by adding a wrist brace or counter balance together with a 12" barrel to give the overall 24" legal minimum. Strange as it may seem criminals seem to ignore this. I have a Taurus 66 .357 magnum & a nice little .22 Browning Buckmark long barrelled pistol. The Buckmark has had the barrel milled down with a carbon fibre shroud and moderator. It’s superbly balanced. It shoots just like a regular Buckmark pistol and is real quiet. The next problem with the shitty UK gun laws is a restriction on owning semi automatic centrefire rifles. I own a AR15 9mm lever release from The Southern Gun Company, fitted with an Eotech holographic sight. It uses a really clever mechanism using a sear to hold the bolt back after its fired. The lever releases the bolt chambering the next round. With a bit of practice you can fire nearly as quickly as a semi-auto. All these guns were seized by UK police but had to be handed back after they were confirmed UK legal. Luckily we have some incredibly dedicated and brilliant gunsmiths in the UK. I also own Sako Quad @Jade1959 shoots this one better than me. Henry Big Boy Underlever in .357 magnum (made in the Big Apple) GSG5 22LR (Shitty but acurate). Saiga AK 101 .223 with a skeleton folding stock.(Straight Pull due to UK Gun laws) MK 4 Lee Enfield 303, made at the Longbranch Arsenal, Canada,1959. Martini Henry 577/450 Snider .577 (That I have restored. Haven't shot it yet) I also reload all my own ammo using an imported Dillon XL 650. Here's a couple of my toys

What made me laugh was the amount of replies that needed to be deleted because they didn't abide by the community standards.

@chrisnoluck Who tattooed this? It's always nice to accredit the tattooer.

@johnmc I think you've posted this in the wrong thread. This thread's about tattoo aftercare.

I've got so much flash tattooed on me I'm thinking of changing my name to "Flash Harry"