Salt of the Earth.
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Friday April 4th, 2008 @ 7:50 PM
Filed under: Body Modification, History, SPC, Tattoos, Video
Following on from the vintage Jack Yount footage Shawn kindly sent me, here’s a lovely video of Sailor Sid Diller tattooing a friend.
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“This video dates to around 1985 and features Sailor Sid tattooing out of his Ft. Lauderdale, Silver Anchor tattoo shop. The lion’s share of Sid’s business came from the gay S&M community, and it wasn’t uncommon for both Sid and client to be fully nude during the process. The machine Sid is using is a rotary style tattoo machine, for those who’ve never seen one before - it was Sid’s preferred type.
Enjoy, and more later! - Shawn Porter - Scarwars.net”
You can read more about Sid and his life in this article written by Jim Ward, for BMEzine.com.
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31 Responses to “Salt of the Earth.”
…loving the background music…
Shannon on April 4th, 2008 at 7:55 pmMe too. It’s probably one of the very few I’ve received where I didn’t want to change it.
RooRaaah Crumbs on April 4th, 2008 at 7:59 pm(I also wish I’d had a chance to meet these guys)
RooRaaah Crumbs on April 4th, 2008 at 8:05 pmThank you so much for posting this. Sid is a total hero.
Marshall on April 4th, 2008 at 8:18 pmThats the life right there. Listening to some easy listening music, getting tattooed by a naked guy…. bliss.
Glad people are digging these.
shawnporter on April 4th, 2008 at 8:33 pmnext tattoo i get i want it to be from a naked guy. awesome.
tim on April 4th, 2008 at 9:18 pm1985 must have been so much more sanitary. This is pretty cool to watch though. Send this to the History Channel and PBS.
Matt on April 4th, 2008 at 10:12 pmThe first thing I noticed wasn’t the nudity but the lack of gloves. Not sure what that says about me…
quinnn on April 4th, 2008 at 10:24 pmhaha i love it! No gloves, and he actually touches his balls then goes on tatttooing.
I love the 80s.
albeans on April 4th, 2008 at 11:15 pmI say we bring it back. I, personally, am going to touch my balls more often when tattooing.
pox on April 4th, 2008 at 11:33 pmi second #8
Evan on April 4th, 2008 at 11:46 pmi came on here precisely to say what albeans just did
O_o
melsgam on April 5th, 2008 at 12:42 am#9 And it’s only fair that the client gets to touch the piercer’s balls as well =)
HereKittyKitty on April 5th, 2008 at 1:16 am* meant to type piercer’s/tattooist’s balls.
HereKittyKitty on April 5th, 2008 at 1:18 amSorry, thinking about randomly caressing balls made me typo :p
Shades of the days when I was with Mr Sebastian (Alan Oversby) in London and getting my cock, balls and arse more solidly tattooed. He spoke very fondly of Sid and similarly would often let it all hang out. The sound of his ball weight banging against the bench frame was not uncommon.
Great to see the video has survived and many thanks to Shawn for sharing this with us.
Jerry on April 5th, 2008 at 1:25 amGreat video, I need more classical music at work.
Steve on April 5th, 2008 at 2:19 amI really do love how they are both so comfortable, despite being naked and in the middle of a tattoo. Both parties obviously trust eachother and are having a good time.
Him touching his balls was pretty funny though. I mean..I grab my ball’s all the time at work, my tattoo artist should be able to do the same!
Aiglos on April 5th, 2008 at 7:36 amI’m really digging these videos, unfortunately I wasn’t around in the heyday of most of these people so it’s a rare glimpse for me to see them at work, thanks Shawn and everyone else involved in getting them together.
Absinthe on April 5th, 2008 at 5:43 pmGot another one coming!
I just captured it- sending it off to Roo in a shortly.
Circa 1981- another fun (naked) day at Sid’s!
And I *might* have dug up some old Cliff Raven footage. Tattooing… you guessed it….
Naked!
shawnporter on April 5th, 2008 at 6:59 pmCan’t wait!
Let me know when it’s on the server :)
RooRaaah Crumbs on April 5th, 2008 at 7:15 pmhaha i just love that sid’s wearing a hat!
lou on April 5th, 2008 at 8:09 pmWaiting for more Sid =)
HereKittyKitty on April 5th, 2008 at 9:55 pmThat seems like a room full of awesome personalities.
Think I’ve seen too much modblog when I’m not the least bit fazed by the nudity, but I back up and repeat over and over just to hear the cameraman’s voice? (I’m intrigued by his accent - or lack thereof, like someone in and old movie, especially with the music)
coridine on April 6th, 2008 at 12:43 amThat is therapeutic to watch! Very nice indeed..:)
serenity on April 6th, 2008 at 2:11 pmYay for naked tattooing naked.
Mae on April 6th, 2008 at 6:59 pmat 40sec into it he touches he balls and goes to touch the skin, scary.
Stewy on April 6th, 2008 at 8:36 pmI just dug out some old footage of Ed Hardy tattooing sans gloves. There’s a closeup of blood under his fingernails. I doubt his marketing manager would want that released :p
shawn porter on April 7th, 2008 at 9:01 amShawn - a whole heap of people just went “Ed Hardy tattooed? I thought he just designed those shirts and caps I pay $100 a pop for…”
albeans on April 7th, 2008 at 8:04 pmMan all that pseudo sexual subculture tattoo and piercing stuff in the Jim Ward articles make me miss something I didn’t even have. Also made me change the way I think about piercings and recognizing the erotic nature made me rush to get some of the piercing I had previously only wanted for cosmetic reasons. Now I feel a little creepy writing this.
LeeHO on April 8th, 2008 at 6:39 pmA little creepy? Now you’re part of our club! :P
shawnporter on April 8th, 2008 at 7:40 pmWe’re all creepy now! Awww yeah.
I know what you mean though, I wish I’d been ‘of age’ in the eighties, not just for tattooing or piercing, just to see how brill (and different) things were.
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