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have for Polynesian tattoos . It ’ s something that everyone doesn ’ t like doing . They don ’ t like repetition , they don ’ t like bold lines .. I ’ m not going to say that I got stuck doing it , but it became what I was known for . People were saying , you can make a living , and you ’ re not going to survive tattooing just that . So I was like , alright , get out of my face , man . Because you ’ re looking for a job . You ’ re asking me for a job . And I ’ m steady . So now I pretty much say , that ’ s my niche .
So going back . Did you have a regular machine in jail ? Did you have to build one ? I had to build one . We used a walkman motor . A lot of people don ’ t know what a walkman is now a days . The G string from the church guitar . The guitar was always missing the string in church . We got our ink from the Indians because they ran the hobbies . I used to say , hey man , let me get some of that Indian ink . And that was it .
And what about the body ? No . Do you know that cap from Bic pen , it ’ s perfect , because it fits right on top and you just bend it . And if you floss it right and it makes it stable . By the time I left . People were soldering 3 tips for shading and still weren ’ t getting shading right .
Do you have your own shop ? Yes . The Good Life Tattoo Shop . That was really an act of God . Because when I left the previous shop that I was working at , there was a split in the Polynesian community because he ran the whole thing . Everyone got tattooed at that shop . So when I left , people ’ s loyalty was strong like “ Man I