Well Sailor Jerry was known within the tattoo community of his day and time, but It was Ed Hardy who really brought on the tattoo renaissance and introduced SJ to the world. I was friends with Mike Malone who bought SJ's shop right after he died. Malone passed away some years ago but before that he and I talked quite a bit and I heard many great tales of Sailor Jerry and the good old days from him. Here is a shot of 'the old man' laying down some ink with a pipe clenched in his teeth ;
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