Ok so... here it goes. The backstory is that about ten years + ago... I actually "did" tattoos. I bought a machine off of a friend for a friend and I who promised to pay me back his half... as he was already ready to go and had been an accomplished Tattooist for a long long time.
Problem is my friend, Jeff, was a real bum. He did help guide my progress for around six months and "borrowed" the machine(s) to take a short month trip up to Apple Valley, CA (tweaker land.)
He never came back.
I attempted to hunt him down but never really got anywhere with it... so after 10 years, I think I'll just let it go and get back on the horse. I figured I'd write in here what I find in my search for the perfect (2nd time around - Tattoo machine kit.)
First place I started looking is eBay... and I was lost, I had read that Huck Spalding kits were basically crap and the others had no real names that were kits.