WELL, THE EPISODE OF "TATTOO WARS" FEATURING GUY AITCHISON AND YOURS TRULY, AIRED THURSDAY THE 1ST. SEEMS LIKE THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT IT WERE PEOPLE THAT WE TOLD OURSELVES! TLC DID ABSOLUTELY NO ADVERTISING WHATSOEVER FOR IT, SEEMINGLY ABANDONING THE WHOLE PROJECT. I WAS VERY HAPPY WITH THE ENTIRE SHOW AND HOW IT PORTRAYED THE BOTH OF US, AS WELL AS OUR CREATIVE PROCESS, OUR ART AND OUR FAMILIES. I WAS EXPECTING TO CRINGE IN EMBARRASSMENT THROUGH MOST OF IT, BUT DIDN'T HAVE TO, EVEN ONCE (ALTHOUGH I WAS SHOCKED TO HEAR THAT I GET $5,000 PER MACHINE...I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THEY GOT THAT NUMBER FROM!). IT'S A REAL SHAME THAT THE WHOLE SERIES WILL APPARENTLY JUST SUFFER A QUIET DEATH AND BE SWEPT UNDER THE RUG. IF YOU WATCHED THE SHOWS AND WANT TO SEE MORE...OR DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SEE THEM THE FIRST TIME AROUND, PLEASE CLICK ON THIS LINK: TLC/DISCOVERY VIEWER RELATIONS. IT WILL TAKE YOU TO A FORM THAT YOU'LL FILL OUT, THEN A PAGE WHERE YOU CAN LEAVE COMMENTS ABOUT THE SHOW. GUY SPOKE TO ONE OF THE PRODUCERS OF THE SHOW, AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY ACTUALLY DO TAKE IN TO ACCOUNT WHAT THEIR VIEWERS HAVE TO SAY.

EVEN WITH THE LACK OF POPULARITY OF THE TATTOO WARS SHOW, I STILL HAVE RECEIVED A FLOOD OF REQUESTS FOR BOTH TATTOO WORK AND CUSTOM MACHINES IN THE PAST FEW DAYS. UNFORTUNATELY, I'M NOT ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE EITHER. I'M STILL PUTTING IN 80-100 HOURS A WEEK AND GETTING FURTHER AND FURTHER BEHIND EVERY DAY. PLEASE UNDERSTAND, IT'S NOTHING PERSONAL!!! I JUST PLAIN CAN'T.

THE FIRST TWO PAIRS OF THE DAMASCUS BOLT-TOGETHERS CAME TO LIFE A FEW DAYS BACK.

THEY WENT TOGETHER BEAUTIFULLY! BETTER THAN I HAD HOPED FOR, AND NOW I'M GOING AT IT FULL FORCE. I'VE GOT ABOUT A DOZEN DIFFERENT PATTERNS OF DAMASCUS STEEL AND IRON, AS WELL AS A HALF A DOZEN DIFFERENT PATTERNS OF MOKUME-GANE THAT I WILL BE MAKING THE BOLT-TOGETHERS FROM. THEY WILL INDIVIDUALLY PRICED ACCORDING TO AMOUNT OF TIME SPENT ON FINISH WORK AND THE COST OF MATERIALS, AND WILL BE FOR SALE THROUGH LUCKY SUPPLY. THEY WILL NOT BE NUMBERED, AS I PLAN ON MAKING EACH PAIR UNIQUE. AS SOON AS THEY ARE IN STOCK AT LUCKY'S, I WILL MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT HERE.

LUCKY SUPPLY IS GOING TO HAVE A WHOLE MESS OF STUFF IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, INCLUDING PORTALS, MECHOS AND HOOKS WHICH ARE ALL BEING DISCONTINUED, AS WELL AS THE DAMASCUS AND MOKUME BOLT-TOGETHERS. I'LL MAKE A NOTE WHEN THEY HAVE INVENTORY. WORKHORSE IRONS HAS MY MACHINES IN STOCK RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY USUALLY SELL OUT PRETTY FAST, SO IF YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR ONE, NOW'S THE TIME.