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A traditional legend reacts to our cartridges

2024-12-05

With more than 30 years in the tattoo game, traditional maverick El Bara has seen it all and tested every tool. His True Love Tattoo studio in Madrid is one of the most revered in Europe, and a lot of people in our eld point to it as the hotbed for the dissemination and popularisation of Traditional this century (we’re with you, it does feel weird to talk about this century, but the truth is a quarter of it has already elapsed).

Anyway, a hardened veteran like El Bara — who was also heavily involved in the late ‘80s Punk and Hardcore movements — is not one to hold anything back, especially regarding his artistry and livelihood. We asked him to review our new cartridges, knowing full well that he’d go all out if he found any aws. To be clear, he is a member of our Pro Team, which he has chosen to join exactly because he holds us up to his standard. El Bara has been using our needles for the longest time, and if he backs them, it’s because he knows what they bring to his wor

El Bara has been running tests for the last couple of months and putting Revolution Needles cartridges through the grind. As we recently caught up with him, we’ll share what he had to say.

With more than 30 years in the tattoo game, traditional maverick El Bara has seen it all and tested every tool. His True Love Tattoo studio in Madrid is one of the most revered in Europe, and a lot of people in our eld point to it as the hotbed for the dissemination and popularisation of Traditional this century (we’re with you, it does feel weird to talk about this century, but the truth is a quarter of it has already elapsed).

Anyway, a hardened veteran like El Bara — who was also heavily involved in the late ‘80s Punk and Hardcore movements — is not one to hold anything back, especially regarding his artistry and livelihood. We asked him to review our new cartridges, knowing full well that he’d go all out if he found any aws. To be clear, he is a member of our Pro Team, which he has chosen to join exactly because he holds us up to his standard. El Bara has been using our needles for the longest time, and if he backs them, it’s because he knows what they bring to his work.

El Bara has been running tests for the last couple of months and putting Revolution Needles cartridges through the grind. As we recently caught up with him, we’ll share what he had to say.

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