Today is Sailor Jerry’s birthday. A legend among tattooers and a rum-maker amongst the rest of the world. I am lucky enough to have my own piece of Jerry’s history with a handcut acetate stencil I received from Shanghai Kate. The history of this little piece of plastic is more vast than I could ever know. How may sailors did it rest upon for a brief moment before the adrenaline and alcohol kick in. I’ve tattooed this stencil the way it was meant to be tattooed and Ive had it tattooed on me in the same fashion. Vaseline and carbon powder. Enough said. No sissy stencil papers and stencil solutions. Things were much different back then. Heres a peek for the know-it-alls that think Norman Keith Collins was a rum maker and Ed Hardy is a shirt designer! Youre Welcome
get your hands on a hard copy
David Meek
Fast Lane Tattoo
3801 N Oracle rd
Tucson Az
(520)-388-8282
