Knuckle Tattoos

Category: 4×4

Two sets of four letters. Solid.

  • PAID DUES


    Brawlin Bo’ here is a 10 year veteran of professional wrestling as a part of the National Wrestling Alliance and on the Alternative Wrestling Show. Y’all this is pro-wrestling like it was meant to be. Characters with schticks. Beat downs. Real guys I can relate too fighting it out. I don’t know where it all went wrong. But these guys are putting on a show for real. Bo has this to tell us about his knuckle tattoos:

    I have been a pro wrestler for about 10 years now , and it’s a tuff business to be in and a lot of people gotta “pay their dues” so to speak. I have for sure done so, and wanted all the other wrestlers to make sure they recognize =]. Plus I did 2 years in the pin for some bullshit back in the day so I figured I would get that for both reasons…

    Nothing but respect Bo’. Keep it going strong. A video for the viewing, after the cut.
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  • GIVE TAKE


    In Keith’s own words:

    This is a knuckle tattoo I just recently got. I got it because I wanted my tattoo to have some meaning to it yet sound cool. Give and take is how life works and you can relate the tattoo to a lot of stuff. You give your time for work and you take money. You give your money to a store and you take your TV. It reminds me of the sacrifice you have to put in to get a gain, with everything really.

  • BONE YARD


    Alls I know is what’s in the picutre. Oh and his name is Ryan.

  • FREE BIRD


    These are the knuckle tattoos of “Captain Catastrophy”, the onstage human torch for Belgium’s rock sensation El Guapo Stuntteam. He got them because of the Lynyrd Skynyrd song Free Bird and it’s use in the movie The Devil’s Rejects.

    Here is a clip of him doing his thing:

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  • SEXY TEPO


    This is another set from our pal Osti in Germany. He tattooed this set on his friend Tepo here. “Sexy Tepo” is his nickname.

  • HOLD FAST



    These rockers come straight out of Brussels Belgium, courtesy of Saint Empire.

  • LONE STAR


    Ah, Fran has it totally right.

    Lone Star: it’s not just the state nickname, it’s also the national beer of Texas.

    I love me some Lone Star Beer. It’s what I’m sipping right now as a matter of fact. Mmmmm… Beer!

  • HURT HEAL (Dead Love)

     

    So, while in NYC I only managed to pick up one set of knuckle tattoos. I admit, I was awestruck by the city. But what a set. These beauties belong to Bailey, a tattoo artist at Fun City Tattoo. He kindly tooks some time out of his day to talk to us about his hands. He originally wanted to get STAY AWAY but decided to get something more positive, so he got HURT HEAL instead. After that he got “Dead Love” on his knuckles propper. Apparently shortly after that he found the love of his life.

    He also gave us a break down on the various artists that contributed to his hands.

    • Burt Krack – Eye and tears on his left hand.
    • Will Lollie – Rose and Butterfly on the backs of his hands.
    • Marcos – the lettering on HURT HEAL.
    • Allan Rogers – the symbols and Hate on his lower knuckles.
    • Tim Lehi – the spider on his palm.

    What spider on his palm? Oh yeah…

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  • BABY LOVE

    Great find today! John T. of New York sends in this thorough set of knuckle tattoos. Pictures with his comments interspaced below:

    In the first picture are my initials J & T on my pinkies,and some lucky charms.


    The second picture is BABY LOVE, this started as a goof thing I used to say to my wife but the more I said it the more it stuck.


    The third picture is my 6 & 5 which is my birth year along with 2 daggers.


    The fourth picture is all of my hand tattoos the kanji are Pity on the right and Vengeance on the left.


    All the tattoos were done by CIV at Lotus Tattoo in Sayville, New York.

    Hey John, those are really great thanks for sending them in! And man that Lotus Tattoo site is really great. Check it out!

  • LIVE HARD


    This is Mason, he found us over on our MySpace page. This is his story:

    I got my knuckle tattoo after I became a father.
    My life motto was “live fast, die young”. After my little girl was born it became “live hard, die old”. I’m getting “die old” on the knuckles below my “live hard”