Welcome back. This is episode 15 of books closed.

This episode is sponsored by Blue Letter Books, bringing you tattoo books full of history and classic reference.

And split arrow prints. Print like you give a shit.

This week we're going to try something a little different. i've brought back my frequent co-host from last

season jason scott and i'm going to bamboozle him and take him on a journey through a little

presentation i've prepared i wanted to talk this week about some tattoo companies and products

and businesses and stuff that goes beyond just the tattoo.

And some of these companies are owned by tattooers and some of them aren't.

Can you think off the top of your head any tattoo products you've seen in the recent past that are unnecessary?

Yeah, most of them, if not all of them.

I am definitely not up on current tattoo trends, and especially with equipment.

I'm a creature habit, and I'm pretty stuck in my ways, and I still use what I used when I started tattooing for the most part.

Because that's all you need, really?

Yeah.

When I started tattooing, I was definitely try every new product and try to, like, anything

that would help me or, you know, like, like, like, try to level the playing field at all.

Right.

It's trying to appeal to younger tattooers, all these gimmicky things.

Absolutely.

And that works.

I mean, you know, Stephen's chair, you know, I mean.

Mm-hmm. Yeah. One of our coworkers bought a Mac Daddy chair. That was very expensive. It's a great

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