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Anyone Get Tattooed While in Oahu? |
SandraDee
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Joined: Mar 11, 2011
Posts: 579 |  Posted: 2013-03-04 11:25 am Permalink
This might be a longshot BUT...
I am leaving for Oahu on Friday for a week to celebrate my 35th birthday and plan on getting tattooed while there as my "souvenir". I have used Yelp to find a list of tattoo parlors in the area but I was wondering if anyone who has traveled to Oahu has been tattooed there and if you have a suggestion on a good place to go
Thanks in advance!
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exquisitecorpse
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Joined: Feb 26, 2009
Posts: 196
From: philadelphia
| Posted: 2013-03-04 3:29 pm Permalink
skin deep tattoo, they also own a few shops in philly including the hawaiian themed no ka oi.
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Phillip Roberts
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Joined: Sep 09, 2003
Posts: 1489
From: OAHU, Hawaii.
| Posted: 2013-03-04 3:31 pm Permalink
Aloha,
While I do not have ink, Josh at A Tiki Tattoo on Kuhio avenue wears a few tiki tats... I'm told he is pretty good at making them too...
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naugatiki
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From: Port Angeles, Wa
| Posted: 2013-03-04 4:11 pm Permalink
I haven’t been there in about 10 years but there was a shop just off Hotel St. called China Sea that has a lot of history and once owned by Sailor Jerry. They had a good reputation of doing class A work and all the great vintage sailor hula dancers and "Mom" art on the walls was worth the trip alone.
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MadDogMike
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From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2013-03-04 4:36 pm Permalink
Only YOU would ask that question, anyone else would be happy to bring back a sandal necklace 
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SandraDee
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Joined: Mar 11, 2011
Posts: 579 | Posted: 2013-03-04 8:14 pm Permalink
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On 2013-03-04 16:36, MadDogMike wrote:
Only YOU would ask that question, anyone else would be happy to bring back a sandal necklace
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Ha! Well you know me...I already have enough Hawaiian souvenirs to have my own store--I want something that means more 
Thanks for the suggestions! I appreciate it!!
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Trailerpark Tiki
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Joined: Mar 27, 2010
Posts: 321
From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2013-03-05 3:13 pm Permalink
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On 2013-03-04 15:31, Phillip Roberts wrote:
Aloha,
While I do not have ink, Josh at A Tiki Tattoo on Kuhio avenue wears a few tiki tats... I'm told he is pretty good at making them too...
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I met Josh at A Tiki Tattoo and he does some nice work. His shop is near all the Waikiki hotels. However, I decided against getting ink because you are not supposed to go swimming with a fresh tattoo, it can get infected. Jus sayin'.
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SandraDee
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Joined: Mar 11, 2011
Posts: 579 | Posted: 2013-03-05 4:18 pm Permalink
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On 2013-03-05 15:13, Trailerpark Tiki wrote:
However, I decided against getting ink because you are not supposed to go swimming with a fresh tattoo, it can get infected. Jus sayin'.
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I have 70+ tattoos so I think I am good with how to care for them.
And I really won't be spending anytime in the water...lots to see and do in Hawaii so swimming is low priority on my list. Thanks for your recommendation and advice though!
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Dagg
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Joined: Jun 26, 2012
Posts: 196
From: Van Isle BC CA
| Posted: 2013-03-06 7:57 pm Permalink
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On 2013-03-04 15:31, Phillip Roberts wrote:
Aloha,
While I do not have ink, Josh at A Tiki Tattoo on Kuhio avenue wears a few tiki tats... I'm told he is pretty good at making them too...
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I got a Tiki on the back of my calf from this shop, last year. Totally happy with it.
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tikitonga
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Joined: Apr 09, 2002
Posts: 115 | Posted: 2013-03-07 10:46 am Permalink
Let's see some pics of those tattoos from Oahu! I'm heading there in the summer....so...who knows what I may come back with?!?!
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Dagg
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From: Van Isle BC CA
| Posted: 2013-03-08 11:21 am Permalink
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On 2013-03-07 10:46, tikitonga wrote:
Let's see some pics of those tattoos from Oahu!
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Its on my "travel leg" in between Athens and Paris, under Mexico, around the corner from Budapest
cell phone pic....
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hang10tiki
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Joined: Jul 18, 2010
Posts: 1973
From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2013-03-10 11:01 pm Permalink
Let's see some of those 70+
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Phillip Roberts
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Joined: Sep 09, 2003
Posts: 1489
From: OAHU, Hawaii.
| Posted: 2013-03-20 5:07 pm Permalink
Aloha,
Walked by "A Tiki Tattoo" today and it's gone... Shocking... Maybe they moved... I'll find out and let you know...
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Dagg
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Joined: Jun 26, 2012
Posts: 196
From: Van Isle BC CA
| Posted: 2013-03-20 7:08 pm Permalink
I hope they didn't go out of business...
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