Nathan's Luck

I first became friendly with Nathan over at <a href="http://www.knuckletattoos.com/">KnuckleTattoos.com</a> as a peer in the inkblogging community.<br /><p class="p_other pic_padding">Based in Texas, Nathan's site specializes in what you would expect from the name, Knuckle Tattoos.<br /><br />As a contributing writer, I have posted a handful of knuckles (ha) from people I have met in my Tattoosday wanderings in the Big Apple.<br /><br />And although the last post on his site (as of this writing) was back in May, Nathan has been busy indeed, traveling over the late summer, courtesy of a 30-day Jet Blue pass and blogging about it. The trip was documented here, on <a href="http://www.30daysintheair.com/">30 Days in the Air</a>. Not only that, he has ink to memorialize the journey. See what I mean <a href="http://www.30daysintheair.com/10/06/last-trip-tattoo-jfk/">in this post</a>.<br /><br />Nathan was in New York as part of his adventure back in October and I met him for a slice of pizza on Broadway near Herald Square.<br /><br />We talked shop, mostly, about blogging, tattoos, and his trip. And, of course, he shared one of his tattoos for the folks here at Tattoosday:</p><p class="p_other pic_padding"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH00TwUaSrYfRtPvWNX2a35kcpuiDUpO099IoPy5ZegJN6o4f7_1LNfN3pMw2g6oCfHB70P_A_YiS11V8p98xoZVkRHGxFWvYPqc5W_ysjdBIyZYvapNW6fvmvJMq3ip2hjYAXmld7/s1600-h/Nathans+Lucky+Ink.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411336492078210418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH00TwUaSrYfRtPvWNX2a35kcpuiDUpO099IoPy5ZegJN6o4f7_1LNfN3pMw2g6oCfHB70P_A_YiS11V8p98xoZVkRHGxFWvYPqc5W_ysjdBIyZYvapNW6fvmvJMq3ip2hjYAXmld7/s400/Nathans+Lucky+Ink.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 400px;" /></a></p><p class="p_other pic_padding">Nathan explained that this is a "kitchen table tattoo inked by a Japanese fellow calling himself 'Cadillac'. He was in town [Austin] for a week from Japan tattooing in order to pay for his rent when he got back".</p>The tattoo features all of Nathan's "luck pieces," such as dice, cards, his lucky number (23), a horseshoe, a black cat, and a banner that reads "Fortune Favors the Valiant".<br /><br />It was great meeting Nathan and I thank him for sharing this tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Nathan's Luck

I first became friendly with Nathan over at KnuckleTattoos.com as a peer in the inkblogging community. Based in Texas, Nathan's site sp...

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