Kenevin's Vikings Honor His Heritage

I met Kenevin outside of Strabucks on the corner of 31st Street and Seventh Avenue a couple months ago.

He estimates he has had about seventy hours of work done on his body and he shared an amazing tattoo anchored by this hammer of Thor in the middle of his calf:

But it was the whole piece that was truly impressive:

Kenevin, who was visiting from his home in Montreal, explained, "I was born in Norway … so these are my Vikings … they just go back to my origins in Scandinavia …". He has been in North America for about twenty years and had this done by Gil Crocker at Jolly Rogers Tattoo in Montreal.

Thanks to Kenevin for sharing this amazing work with us here on Tattoosday!

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Rune's Viking Reflects His Cultural Pride

On a Friday last month, I ran into a couple from Denmark near Herald Square in the pedestrian median between Broadway and 6th Avenue.

The gentleman had a lot of work done on his legs, so I approached and introduced myself. Rune was kind enough to not only share a tattoo, but to pull up his shorts a bit to reveal this tattoo that ran from his mid-thigh down to his calf:

 

Rune explained that this Viking tattoo reflects the pride he has in the old history of the Norsemen that inhabited Scandinavia in the earliest part of the last millenium.

Rune credits Frans at Hugo Tattoo with this wonderful work.

Thanks to Rune for sharing this cool tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!