Blacksmith tattoos

[imagedude]

I fancy a tatt to celebrate my father's time in the metalworking industry. It will feature an anvil and the phrase 'by hammer and hand, all arts do stand'. The tatt will probably be on my thigh.
Any ideas?

[mcraigl]

Ahh... Something I've been thinking about too. I've been thinking more of a shoulder/arm thing though. I never wear shorts so nobody'd ever see it on my thigh. Also, it might be a marriage ending event for me. The wife is VERY anti-tattoo. I've been thinking an anvil with a crosspein and a pair of tongs crossed over it. I'd been trying to think of a single word to put below it. Maybe a very short phrase of just one or two words would work also.

[Brian C.]

I have 7 tats already. One more couldnt hurt. My youngest son suggested a large anvil for a back piece. OUCH!

[Chris Pook]

I have a large anvil, hammer and tongs incorporated into a large back piece. No one ever gets to see it because I'd probably scare them all away. and I normally wear shirts.

It is fun when I take my daughter swimming at the public pool though

[mike-hr]

I've had this recurring thought about Wile-E-Coyote standing at an ACME anvil, forge welding a length of chain, sparks flying, and an almost finished trebuchet in the background.

[jake2431]

Well, I may oneday get a blacksmith tattoo, and if I do it will probably this image: Arms
This is the place where the motto started.

[Strine]

Jake, you don't think getting the WCB Arns as a tatt is misguided unless of course, you are a member.

[jake2431]

Well, he is wanting the motto that was started by them. We use that, but I guess it could be misguiding. A matter of opinion, I feel. I see it more as paying homage to the people who created the phrase, what was it, 500 years ago or so. Plus, it would make a really cool tattoo, but if someone personally feels it is misleading then I think they should go with their gut.

[keykeeper]

How about a hammer, anvil, tongs motif with the caption "Got Fire?"

Or maybe a Joe Cool Snoopy, wearing old-school safety goggles and leather apron, standing behind the anvil with hammer in hand, sparks flying in the middle of a forge weld?

For the ladies, an outline of an anvil, filled in with scroll work style filligree.

Just some ideas.

[skunkriv]

Opinion-Hanging a framed print of the WCB Arms on the wall of your living room is one thing, hanging one over your shop, or on your arm is quite another.

Use the motto and design your own tattoo. Honor the past without trampling on our shared heritage.