The main material of tattoo needle is 316 steel. Needle body could divided into two parts that is needle bar and pinpoint. The needles have various length,and the most common size of needle bar is 4.75 inches.
the use of the tattoo needle
Tattoo needle is developed from the traditional hand tattoo needle. Even though the patter of the needle has changed the main use is remain unchanged.tattooist use the tattoo needle piece into the skin for coloring and painting the tattoo image.
the classification of the tattoo needle
The tattoo needle could classified from two aspects based on the pinpoint type and the model of the needle. From the pinpoint type that could be divided into round needle, row needle and cross row needle. From the model of the needle that could be divided into six different classification:RL, RS, RM, F, M1, M2.
According to length of the pinpoint, the needle could be divided long pinpoint and short point.
It also could be divided into 08,10,12,13 series based on the diameter of the needle.
RL is the abbreviation for round liner.
RS is the abbreviation for round shader.
RM is the abbreviation for round magnum.
F is the abbreviation for flats.
M1 is the abbreviation for weaved magnum.
M2 is the abbreviation for stacked magnum.
RL series is mainly used for drawing the outline on the skin. And the other series used for shader and coloring.
The selection of the tattoo needle
Tattoo needles are different for various function and purpose .
When the customers pick up and purchase the tattoo needles, you should pay attention to the material and the workmanship. The main material of the tattoo needle is steel. Generally there is no problem on the material except a few of manufactures using the iron cheating the customers. In addition, the workmanship could not be ignored and it is also easy to distinguish. Look at the welding position to sure whether it is fixed or not. Good tattoo needles could tattoo beautiful and smooth image under the situation of no hurt. Of cause, the quality of the image is also decided by the skill of the tattooist.
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