![]() Caleb PershanĨ41 Columbus Avenue between Lombard and Greenwich Streets He's tattooed on every continent, been on the cover of Rolling Stone, and inked celebrities like Joan Baez, the Allman Brothers, and Cher. Madeline Bluebird and Jon will tat you up while Lyle chats you up, and boy does he have stories. Lyle Tuttle Tattoo & Museum/Blue Bird TattooĪt 83-years-old, San Francisco legend Lyle Tuttle doesn't tattoo much more than his signature these days, but his newly reopened shop and museum holds a special place in San Francisco history and it's a great place to get a traditional tattoo. Eve Bateyġ77 Valencia Street, between Duboce Avenue and McCoppin Street ![]() ![]() I cannot recommend him, and Black Heart, highly enough. He's just as good with newbies, getting my tattoo-virgin (and, between us, kind of a baby about pain) husband through his first sans freakouts. His touch is gentle enough that I made it through four, three-hour full-back sessions without losing my mind. (I'm not the only San Franciscan who refuses any needle besides Sylvia's: he's the only artist well-inked local sex/tech writer Violet Blue uses, for example.) Sylvia is happy to work with you on a design, and can make a vague idea you might have about a tattoo into something sublime. Everyone there is great, but Scott Sylvia is my guy - my entire back is covered in his work, and he's the man my husband and I went to when we got our tenth-anniversary tattoos. Black Heart was founded by Tim Lehi, Jeff Rassier and Scott Sylvia over a decade ago, and it swiftly gained a reputation as a place to get both traditional and innovative work.
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