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Nautical tattoos

Created by cammd cammd  > 9 months ago, 13 Aug 2022
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cammd
cammd

QLD

4331 posts

13 Aug 2022 11:03am
My youngest daughter (19) has come home for the weekend on her first break since joining the Navy.....sporting a couple of new tatoos.

Never had one, never wanted one but recently have been starting to think I would like a few traditional sailors tatoos. Must be a post midlife crisis. The one I would like most would be the hardest to earn. A fully rigged tallship. Anyone got one of those or others that commorate an event or achievement.
cisco
cisco

QLD

12364 posts

13 Aug 2022 6:58pm
Best Navy tattoo I saw was flames coming out of a bloke's rear end with an angel on one cheek with a fire extinguisher and a devil on the other cheek shovelling coal back in.
Toph
Toph

WA

1875 posts

15 Aug 2022 9:52am
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cammd said..
The one I would like most would be the hardest to earn. A fully rigged tallship.


It's your body cammd. You don't have to earn a tattoo, you just need to pay for it.. When caucasians get Japanese coy or polynesian royalty marks and say how much it means to them, then tradition no longer means anything.

That said, I have been toying with the idea of a swallow for 5000 nm sailed
samsturdy
samsturdy

NSW

1659 posts

15 Aug 2022 1:57pm
Just get a boat tattooed on your slack willy, when you want a bigger boat.......well you know what to do.
Jolene
Jolene

WA

1622 posts

15 Aug 2022 6:00pm
The tattoos I see on the arms of folks these days reminds me of when I use to preg test cattle
Blue Moon
Blue Moon

5 posts

29 Sep 2022 2:30pm
The best (worst) Navy tattoo I ever saw was a Submariner who had exhaust pipes tattooed out his ears and flames going down his back. He also had "I like fish and chips" written on his forehead but was made to get that removed - which was only partially successful.
UncleBob
UncleBob

NSW

1301 posts

29 Sep 2022 5:25pm
The best tatt that I have seen was on a workmates butt cheek, the stamp applied to beef, grade A aussie beef.
Serb1980
Serb1980

388 posts

1 Oct 2022 5:14am
Popeye has the best tattoo.
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