Jul 03 2008

Fresh Ink — The ‘Sak Yant’ Edition (UPDATE)

Okay, for anyone interested — here are a couple of pictures of the new Sak Yant tattoo I got yesterday.

wat bang phra tattoo 1a2.jpg

wat bang phra tattoo 1b.jpg

And with respect to the question posed by Girl With Curious Hair as to sanitary issues — although TK has welcomed me to the wonderful world of tetanus … personally, I'm not all that concerned about the needle (read: spear) they used for the tattoo, I'm pretty sure the snake venom took care of anything bad.

Plus, according to the latest news, now I've got to worry about the communist rebels that killed a couple cops in the small Philippino surfing/fishing villiage that I'm leaving for in about 6 hours — so any potential blood infection may be the least of my concerns.

14 Responses to “Fresh Ink — The ‘Sak Yant’ Edition (UPDATE)”

  1. TKon 03 Jul 2008 at 6:58 am

    Love it. It’s gorgeous, and when they have to amputate your head because of the tetanus, it’ll be even better.

    I kid of course (I hope anyway). Seriously, that’s pretty damn amazing.

  2. Girl With Curious Hairon 03 Jul 2008 at 10:55 am

    That is a beautiful tattoo. All you inky people are making me fall in love with crazy body art.

    And hopefully you don’t have to worry about the killer communists since you’re not a cop.

  3. lindaon 03 Jul 2008 at 5:21 pm

    way cool, dude! I just got a half-sleeve done on my left arm.

    but are ya sure ya didn’t want to get a tat in India?

  4. Mannyon 03 Jul 2008 at 6:16 pm

    That’s probably the coolest tattoo I’ve ever fucking seen. Can they do one that says “Thug Life”?

  5. Karenon 04 Jul 2008 at 3:07 am

    Nice tat - it’s aesthetically very pleasing - delicate..it reminds me somewhat of a large birthday cake with lots of candles on it ..does it say something?

  6. Philly Girlon 04 Jul 2008 at 6:01 pm

    Dud,

    Didn’t you hear the news, Angelina Jolie accidentally drowned in a lake in Provence. Her and Brad and the kids went to France so she could give birth to the twins. The twins survived cause they were not tatooed. She was I.D’d by the French local authorities by her lips and those tatoo’s.

    Best of luck with the new tatoo. In an effort to preserve my karma, I retract the statement above. The tatoo really is a beauty.

  7. Philly Girlon 04 Jul 2008 at 6:02 pm

    Typo, I meant Dude

  8. Loraon 08 Jul 2008 at 9:18 pm

    Mmmmm…
    Sexy Boy…

    Be safe…

  9. Samon 26 Aug 2008 at 1:02 pm

    Who was your ajarn? It looks extremely stretched out compared to a normal gao yord.

  10. stephen zon 15 Sep 2008 at 2:27 pm

    as for sanitary issues, i’ve received 4 tattoos at different times at Wat Bang Prha. The last one gave me a nasty infection that still itches from time to time even a year and a half later. They do not sterilize anything believing that no harm could ever come from these tattoos….although there is a sign on the wall saying “No Aids”.

  11. Samon 15 Sep 2008 at 4:39 pm

    Stephen Z, I must humbly disagree with you. The needles are soaking in alcohol (iso not etho) and many times a flame is used before it is used at all. I have recieved yants from WBP and have seen this done many, many times. Not once was this not done in my times there.

  12. A Bowl Of Stupidon 16 Sep 2008 at 9:35 pm

    Stephen, sorry mate, but I gotta go with Sam on this one. When I was there recently, they did indeed use alcohol and fire to at least attempt to sterilize the stuff. B’sides, they also use snake venom, and what could be safer than THAT?

  13. Jessica S.on 05 Oct 2008 at 1:39 pm

    Hey, those are in Cambodian characters? Why are Thais using Cambodian characters and not their own when doing these tattoos?

    UPDATE: I just did some research and realize Thai culture and language is based off Cambodians. That explains everything.

  14. Jessica S.on 05 Oct 2008 at 1:46 pm

    Just a map showing Cambodians (Khmer) Empire which explains Thai-land similar culture/language.

    http://www.ancientweb.org/images/cambodia/Map.jpg

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