mk2mer
mk2mer New Reader
2/27/10 8:14 a.m.
joey48442
joey48442 SuperDork
2/27/10 9:18 a.m.

Where does the practice skin come from???

Joey

John Brown
John Brown GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
2/27/10 9:23 a.m.

Part time hillbillies?

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
2/27/10 9:30 a.m.

all I can say.. this cannot end well

mk2mer
mk2mer New Reader
2/27/10 10:42 a.m.

In reply to mad_machine: I'm ashamed to admit I was born and raised in this area. I guess I can take solice in the fact that I don't think self-tattoo kits are a good idea, though.

And "practice skin?!?!?" Anybody have a decent job in the south? I'm ready to get the hell out of this town. :)

Spinout007
Spinout007 GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
2/27/10 11:04 a.m.

Practice skin is usually pig skin. Closest in the animal kingdom to human skin. My late brother in law, became a tattoo artist after he was diagnosed with cancer and couldn't work a normal job anymore.

914Driver
914Driver SuperDork
2/27/10 3:07 p.m.

I couldn't find it, but on a Cortina forum I frequent a guy showed off his homemade tats, self-imposed. I asked how he did the other arm. He's ambidextrious.

I have no college but I'm feeling pretty smart.

Dan

RedS13Coupe
RedS13Coupe Reader
2/27/10 8:24 p.m.

Meh, its not like tattoo artists build their own equipment, or all tattoo artists are born having been practicing for years.

This isn't a "self tattoo kit" its just equipment. Buying tattoo equipment doesn't seem like that terrible of an idea if you are a tattoo artist?

cwh
cwh SuperDork
2/27/10 9:16 p.m.

It sounds a lot better than the DIY vasectomy kit on another thread.

xd
xd New Reader
2/27/10 9:29 p.m.

Here is the thing I sell 10- 25 of those kind of kits a day through one of my sites. I also get about 20-30 emails a day from Chinese manufacturing companies offing to send me demos. There is a huge market for these things. I would not use one if my life depended on it, but a lot of people do. Oh and I sell a lot of practice skin also. More power to them!

TRoglodyte
TRoglodyte New Reader
2/27/10 11:32 p.m.

Charlie Manson would be proud. HEY KIDS! Tatoo at home! I did!

Tom Heath
Tom Heath Marketing / Club Coordinator
2/27/10 11:45 p.m.

How to practice tattooing.

My favorite tattoo artists had hand-made machines. They had already gotten plenty of practice before I met them.

TRoglodyte
TRoglodyte New Reader
2/27/10 11:51 p.m.

Here kitty kitty.

benzbaron
benzbaron HalfDork
2/28/10 1:30 a.m.

What's the big deal? Would you pay 80$ an hour for a mechanic? Tattooing isn't such a big deal, I saw a homemade tatty going down at highschool once using the standard prison tattoo gun made out of a guitar string and a walkman motor. The most important thing is that everything is clean and sterilized and the tattoo artist has a steady hand and good imagination. I've seen some lousy homemade tats but not all of them suck. Y'all are a bunch of prudes!

porksboy
porksboy Dork
2/28/10 7:52 a.m.

For inspiration. http://ugliesttattoos.com/

914Driver
914Driver SuperDork
2/28/10 8:29 a.m.

What? No one here has a GRM tat?

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
2/28/10 12:29 p.m.

my eyes! Damn you!

7pilot
7pilot New Reader
3/1/10 2:57 a.m.
xd wrote: Here is the thing I sell 10- 25 of those kind of kits a day through one of my sites. I also get about 20-30 emails a day from Chinese manufacturing companies offing to send me demos. There is a huge market for these things. I would not use one if my life depended on it, but a lot of people do. Oh and I sell a lot of practice skin also. More power to them!

Wow! Vasectomy kits are pretty hot, Huh!

m

mk2mer
mk2mer New Reader
3/1/10 10:31 a.m.
xd wrote: Here is the thing I sell 10- 25 of those kind of kits a day through one of my sites. I also get about 20-30 emails a day from Chinese manufacturing companies offing to send me demos. There is a huge market for these things. I would not use one if my life depended on it, but a lot of people do. Oh and I sell a lot of practice skin also. More power to them!

How have I managed to live 36 years without EVER hearing the term "practice skin??"

alex
alex Dork
3/1/10 11:18 a.m.
Spinout007 wrote: Practice skin is usually pig skin.

Keep your ink off my cracklins!

SillyImportRacer
SillyImportRacer New Reader
3/1/10 9:25 p.m.
alex wrote:
Spinout007 wrote: Practice skin is usually pig skin.
Keep your ink off my cracklins!

You woke up my wife.

alex
alex Dork
3/1/10 9:54 p.m.

Oh, I'm well aware of--

Wait, you meant with the cracklins crack? Never mind.

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