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Hey y'all, I'm new here. I'm glad to find you.
I have a question about armbands. I've got 3 tat's so far and next I want an armband. I've got a buddy who gopt one and it ended up crooked when his arm was hanging down to his side, I suppose they put the stencel on with his arm up. Is this common?
Of course the other question is the pain factor. I'm getting it no matter, I'm just curious about how intense the pain will be so i can be prepared.
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Pain is no biggy. It hurts under the arm (close to the armpit).
BUT, armbands are SO 1992...
Good luck
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| Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:35 am Post subject: |
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| Tattude wrote: | Pain is no biggy. It hurts under the arm (close to the armpit).
BUT, armbands are SO 1992...
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Yea, but I'm counting on them coming back, then I'll be a cool guy cause I've already got one   |
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I used to have one too. You can easily cover them up is you want.
But, people like different styles so to each there own.
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Now I'm kind of curious, though. what about it showing up crooked? How do you prevent that?
I'm getting my third next Friday and haven't decided exactly how I want to lay it out yet. I'd hate for it to come out weird.
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ramzev1
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| Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:06 am Post subject: |
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Going by what he told me, when they put on the stencil his arm was straight up and he didn't notice then that when his arm was back down by his side the inside (under his armpit) moved up because his skin was stretched while up.
To prevent it I would make sure your artist put the stencil on with your arm down in it's natural position. and look closley when the stencil is on to make sure it's straight.
BTW, I can't believe you are getting an arm band, that is SOOO 1992!  |
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| ramzev1 wrote: |
BTW, I can't believe you are getting an arm band, that is SOOO 1992! |
Is this some inside joke or something? I've been seeing people get armbands forever and way after 1992.
Thanks for the advice. I hadn't decided exactly how I wanted to do it, but I'm not going with an armband after all anyway. What exactly is so horrible about them though? I don't really see the big deal. 
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I hear that the barb wire arm band is making a comeback.
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| I've got mine all ready, I got a buddy to draw up a killer shoelace. |
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| bobdolejr wrote: | I hear that the barb wire arm band is making a comeback.
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. . . Do you just mean that?
If I were to get any kind of band (which I'm not) it would have to be either a claddagh or a band of birds. But I've already decided to get the birds as more of a collage then a band. . .
But I still don't get the big deal. Yea, barbed wire is overdone. But what's with the general dislike of armbands?
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| Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 4:18 am Post subject: |
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| Arm bands are cool just keep it original |
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| MaraJade wrote: | | ramzev1 wrote: |
BTW, I can't believe you are getting an arm band, that is SOOO 1992! |
Is this some inside joke or something? I've been seeing people get armbands forever and way after 1992.
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Nope... It's NO inside joke.
Tribal arm bands were cool in the late 80's early 90's.
Get something that you'll love when your 50-60 years old. An arm-band is not going to be one of those tats you still like in 20 years.
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| Tattude wrote: |
Get something that you'll love when your 50-60 years old. An arm-band is not going to be one of those tats you still like in 20 years. |
As long as it's original I would think people would still like their armbands years from now.
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| MaraJade wrote: | | Tattude wrote: |
Get something that you'll love when your 50-60 years old. An arm-band is not going to be one of those tats you still like in 20 years. |
As long as it's original I would think people would still like their armbands years from now. |
I agree, I think a 50 yr old will be more comfortable with a good armband then with a lot of the tats you see, like skulls, snakes etc.
But that's just my humble opinion. |
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Personally I'm just sticking with things I truly love and care about, things I know I'll always care about, and whatever it looks like later or even if my feelings change I'll know that I got something that was very important to me and not just a passing fad. No matter where I get them or in what form.
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