Leather Jackets, Tattoos and Psychic Armor

[JasonY]

I once heard Ed Hardy describe tattoos as psychic armor and I thought it might make for interesting discussion. How does your leather make you feel and do you feel differently either without it or in different styles? For my fellow tattooed folks, same question.
I do feel differently (more authentically me perhaps) when I've got some ink showing. They're mostly hidden in winter and even I don't see that much of it; always makes me smile when I catch a glimpse. In a similar vein, beyond the tactile and olfactory pleasures of leather, I feel it projects a certain level of self confidence/certainty of self. I'd go as far as to describe my leather as my winter tattoos. I've also been in situations where both leather and tattoos have made me slightly self-conscious. So much for psychic armor : )

 

[rogueclimber]

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar...

But I believe your thoughts could be applied to any mantle an individual dons

 

[JasonY]

I've also found the right tattoo does a pretty good job of outing the uninteresting people in your life.

 

[Jon Crow]

I've also found the right tattoo does a pretty good job of outing the uninteresting people in your life.

That'd be me got a lot of ink,

 

[Cheb]

My arms and chest are covered in high quality Japanese artwork since I was nineteen. I'll be thirty this year and I absolutely hate and regret my tattoos. Maybe I am an outlier here, but I always advise my little cousins who like my ink to wait until they're a little older to really start collecting tattoos.

Wish I would have just invested the several thousand I blew on tats.

On a more positive note I feel badass wearing my vintage Schott 672HH.

 

[JasonY]

Looks like nice work from here!

 

[Cheb]

Looks like nice work from here!

Hah thanks man. That's the only reason why I don't worry so much about them anymore. I didn't cheap out when it came to tattoos. Lmao.

 

[JasonY]

Hah thanks man. That's the only reason why I don't worry so much about them anymore. I didn't cheap out when it came to tattoos. Lmao.

Badass...summer &winter

 

[Jon Crow]

My arms and chest are covered in high quality Japanese artwork since I was nineteen. I'll be thirty this year and I absolutely hate and regret my tattoos. Maybe I am an outlier here, but I always advise my little cousins who like my ink to wait until they're a little older to really start collecting tattoos.

Wish I would have just invested the several thousand I blew on tats.

On a more positive note I feel badass wearingg my vintage Schott 672HH.

Agree to disagree, I have quality work too which I like, my son also, it looked especially good when he was drumming in bands

 

[Jon Crow]

My arms and chest are covered in high quality Japanese artwork since I was nineteen. I'll be thirty this year and I absolutely hate and regret my tattoos. Maybe I am an outlier here, but I always advise my little cousins who like my ink to wait until they're a little older to really start collecting tattoos.

Wish I would have just invested the several thousand I blew on tats.

On a more positive note I feel badass wearing my vintage Schott 672HH.

Always support a decent artist, like you obviously, hate seeing shitty scratcher tats

 

[Edward]

I've had a design in mind for my ink for years, but never quite had the disposable to hand at the right time. Need to get onto that, I'm 50 already...

It's not leather specific at all for me, but being happy with what I'm wearing definitely adds a confidence level. An old friend remarked years ago on how my walk changed when I started wearing a suit and fedora, and a long coat. Became a swagger, enhanced confidence. I wasn't consciously aware of it, but it makes logical sense.

 

[Jon Crow]

I've had a design in mind for my ink for years, but never quite had the disposable to hand at the right time. Need to get onto that, I'm 50 already...

It's not leather specific at all for me, but being happy with what I'm wearing definitely adds a confidence level. An old friend remarked years ago on how my walk changed when I started wearing a suit and fedora, and a long coat. Became a swagger, enhanced confidence. I wasn't consciously aware of it, but it makes logical sense.

Edward I'm nearly 50 haha never too old, girl here is a whiz tattoo artist and I have a nice Sailor Jerry classic I want her to do

 

[Edward]

Edward I'm nearly 50 haha never too old, girl here is a whiz tattoo artist and I have a nice Sailor Jerry classic I want her to do

Collins is definitely an inspiration for what I want - it's the style I like. If I can hack something small, I'd like a fairly large Lady Justice down my right arm. The first one, though, will hopefully be a development of a Death or Glory design with a nod to bot Johnny Strabler and The Clash, the latter's song of the same name being a big inspiration.

 

[Bkcmart]

Maybe I am an outlier here, but I always advise my little cousins who like my ink to wait until they're a little older to really start collecting tattoos.

All the tattoos I got in my late teens/early twenties are lasered off or blasted over.

Definitely wish I would have waited until I was more mature.

 

[Jon Crow]

Collins is definitely an inspiration for what I want - it's the style I like. If I can hack something small, I'd like a fairly large Lady Justice down my right arm. The first one, though, will hopefully be a development of a Death or Glory design with a nod to bot Johnny Strabler and The Clash, the latter's song of the same name being a big inspiration.

Nice, I have a lot of traditional stuff, all colour, I love the Clash also although I was always more of a rocker, I'm getting a Sailor Jerry Mermaid and anchor by the way lower leg this time, arms are full haha plus spend a lot of times in shorts in Madrid

 

[Jon Crow]

All the tattoos I got in my late teens/early twenties are lasered off or blasted over.

Definitely wish I would have waited until I was more mature.

My son was twenties when he started, he learned to be selective off me and his grandad I think haha

 

[Bkcmart]

My son was twenties when he started, he learned to be selective off me and his grandad I think haha

You know what they say…

A smart person learns from his mistakes, but a truly wise person learns from the mistakes of others.

Sounds like he’s got a good head on his shoulders

 

[Will Zach]

My arms and chest are covered in high quality Japanese artwork since I was nineteen. I'll be thirty this year and I absolutely hate and regret my tattoos. Maybe I am an outlier here, but I always advise my little cousins who like my ink to wait until they're a little older to really start collecting tattoos.

Wish I would have just invested the several thousand I blew on tats.

On a more positive note I feel badass wearing my vintage Schott 672HH.

Great ink.

 

[Jon Crow]

You know what they say…

A smart person learns from his mistakes, but a truly wise person learns from the mistakes of others.

Sounds like he’s got a good head on his shoulders

He's got some good ink now, he's a drummer in a band too, the girls always comment on the tattooed drummer haha

 

[Bkcmart]

He's got some good ink now, he's a drummer in a band too, the girls always comment on the tattooed drummer haha

As a bassist, I wouldn’t know anything about that