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Hi Clair,

thanks for all the links.

the 2 videos are very interesting. it looks like the artist is tattooing on thin wet rawhide with a folded towel for padding below.

but all the shoes and furniture were made of leather not rawhide. now i wonder if a soft upholstery leather would work better than veg tan.

on many of the flat pieces of leather that have various tattoos, you can see an ink stain halo around the tattoo. as if ink had been wiped past where a protective top coat had been applied.

i would love to learn more about how these were done.

Frank,

thank you for speaking with your friend about his tattooed leather. He told you the ink bled through the grain, do you know if he was using veg tan or chrome tan?

thanks,

ken

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]you can tattoo leather the same as you tattoo on a person i am a full time tattoo artist and i have done several tattoos on leather looks the same as it does on a person ,

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Ken,

If I remember correctly, he was using oil tanned veg. tan leather. I want him to try on just standard veg. tan to see how he does. Maybe it will make a difference.

Frank

Never argue with a stupid person. They'll just drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!!

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]you can tattoo leather the same as you tattoo on a person i am a full time tattoo artist and i have done several tattoos on leather looks the same as it does on a person ,

hi tattoosbyjay,

you did wonderful work on the koi. can you give more details please? is the koi on veg tan or chrome tan? did you use any sealer for the surface to prevent ink from staining where you didn't want it? some say that it's harder to tattoo leather. can you explain why? is the leather harder on the needles? do you use different needles for leather than for human skin?

i have no desire to attempt putting a tattoo on human skin, but i would like to tattoo some of my leather products.

any help would be very appreciated,

ken

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hi tattoosbyjay,

you did wonderful work on the koi. can you give more details please? is the koi on veg tan or chrome tan? did you use any sealer for the surface to prevent ink from staining where you didn't want it? some say that it's harder to tattoo leather. can you explain why? is the leather harder on the needles? do you use different needles for leather than for human skin?

i have no desire to attempt putting a tattoo on human skin, but i would like to tattoo some of my leather products.

any help would be very appreciated,

ken

it is veg tanned leather , all the neeldes and ink are the same, it is harder than tattooing skin just because the leather is harder than skin i didnt use any sealer prior to tattooing it, id say if you are not alrady a tattoo artist tattooing leather will be a bit difficult, the koi was the first thing i tattooed on leather i just wanted to see if it would work, i wish there was more info i could give but my tattooing background is was made me able to do it on leather . any questions feel free to pm me thanks , and thanks for the compliment

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