HW Tattoos

[RJ]

>   I haven't actually got a hawkwind tat per se, but HW did play
>  a major role in my choice of picture.
>   I was in Amsterdam in '93 for week or so and went into the
>  Hanky Panky tattoo museum there (they do Euro-hell's angels
>  and have done stuff for the Red Hot Chilli Peppers so I
>  assumed they knew what they were doing).
>   Whilst browsing through their catalogues I came accross a
>  south-American indian design called Hawikuh which is a bizarre
>  drawing of a Hawk in a circle with "bowls" of flames at the end
>  of it's wings. I thought it was cool so I had it done there and
>  then.

if it soars like a hawk,looks like a hawk....its a hawk..      i'd say ya
got a hawkwind tattoo.
i have many things in my home with hawk design,and much of it is american
indian...

>   While I don't regret having it done and still like the
>  picture, I think the artist rushed it too much and has made
>  a few mistakes. One day I intend getting it improved a bit,
>  but I haven't got round to it yet.

the story of my life...
rj
>      cheers - Rob