Combing the Iron Brush

Today marks our second trip into this new world of ours that we barely even know about, tattoos. However, we had with us another tag along to come enjoy this adventure with us and hopefully get herself a tattoo as well. Upon entering this establishment, I felt a much stranger vibe than our previous tattoo adventure. Where Sacred Heart felt prestigious, quiet, and secluded, Iron Brush had an open, public, and obscure feeling to it. What differed between these places were subtle differences like location, decoration, aroma, and staff demeanor. For example, all examples of artwork covered the walls like so.


Furthermore, the many staff members wore black and performed their inking techniques on their clients in a non secluded area. You had a front row seat to witnessing people getting tattoos in a completely open view. Unfortunately, our friend lacked sufficient funds to buy a new tattoo, even one as small as a quarter. The minimum prices were set at $80-$100 and went up from there!

What made this establishment so out and open was the fact that it literally was a shop out in the open for the public, so therefore, had multiple customers coming in every 10 minutes. Since Sacred Heart was secluded underneath buildings in the Haymarket, the customer activity was very limited. We had also had the pleasure of meeting with the store owner, Tyson, as well. He had a remarkable set of knowledge and experience to share with us and lowered our ignorance levels of this community even more. We owe a great deal to him as to increasing our understanding of this workforce. I think it's safe to say that we are no longer strangers to this type of association!