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Tattoo equipment supplies include the various machines utilized for placing pigment beneath the skin as well as the variety of inks involved. In addition to these materials, the items required to hold and maintain them also count as supplies. Finally, plenty of products exist so aid in the care and healing of the body work once it has been completed.
Because tattoo history extends so far back into history, tattoo equipment supplies have a considerable narrative as well. Originally, many tribal cultures would cut the skin and rub such things as ink or ash into it. With that in mind, it could be said that the earliest supplies for the practice were cutting tools and natural pigments.
Today, tattoo equipment supplies include complex machines with history dating back to Thomas Edison's 1876 Stencil-Pens. A man named Samuel O'Reilly took this the concept of this engraving machine to body modification, and conceptualized the first tattooing machine. He patented his design in 1891. Just twenty days later, another man patented an alternative machine which utilized electromagnets. Modern guns utilize this latter method for operation.
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