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Tatsoul Spearman Envy Tattoo Needles

May 9th, 2009

I was looking for tattoo furniture about a year or two ago and I found this company called Tatsoul.
They make tattoo chairs that change into any position so no more need for a chair and a massage table; you get it all with one piece of furniture.
These are the chairs used on Miami ink. I go by there and drool every once in a while until I can get my own.

A few months back when I was on their site and I saw that they had a new type of tattoo needle coming out called the [b]Spearmen Envy Needles[/b].
Basically a new type of long tapered needle. Two weeks ago a rep from Tatsoul contacted me from my site and asked if I would like a sample.

Funny thing is my buddy a fellow artist and I were talking about these needles so I jumped at the offer. The needles arrived in a few days.
They sent me a combat kit of the most common groupings I use, 3-7 liners and 7 and 9 mag.

When I opened the package I have to say I was impressed.
The finish alone on these compared to my standard needles was amazing and I hadn’t even taken them out of the blister pack yet.
The needles are the cleanest construction I have ever seen.

Along with trying different premade needle brands along my career. I have made my own mags and liners for years.
It takes a while to get them to look nice and these are better then anything I have ever made and I thought I was good.

Artists have to try different brands and needle types to see what best fits their style.
Long tapers are good for fine stuff but they tend to flex a lot making you work harder to get ink in and do straight lines,
something that you newer guys know about. Bullet tips are great for color packing like American traditional style but not good for small stuff or the powdery gradients. I found myself gravitating toward a standard taper number twelve a multi purpose needle.

Others may disagree with me on how these needles are used but this is what I have gathered from trying different stuff over the years.
It’s all about personal preference and experience.

So the first tattoo I have done with these is some of my standard gray wash. I have to say these are some of the best needles I have ever used.
I want to say best but I haven’t done enough work with them to determine yet.

The difference I noticed was that the needles are super stiff. That is great especially for a long tapered needle.
Less flex and curling means that the ink is going to go in easier. Up close I could see that the needles made smoother gradients.
I can tell though that even though it’s a long taper that these would also be good for solid color fill. The ink went in really easy and filed areas effortlessly.

Close up of Tatsoul Spearman and other premade tattoo needle

The ink flow is amazing. The finish is more then cosmetic. The needles have some of the cleanest soldering I have seen.
The smoother the soldering the better the ink flow; this also prevents splatter, ink from staying in the tube and needle jump in the tip.
It had a nice flow from needle to skin like writing with a pen.

On their large mags above a 15 grouping the needles are back cut at an angle. I imagine this is for reduction of extra weight on the needle bar. It may not seem like much but reducing reciprocating mass on a small level can help your machine run better.
By not having extra weight it can run at lower volts. Kind of like balancing an engine. You can tell the difference between a 7 mag and running an 11 mag in some machines. They just have trouble running bigger groupings.

Their needles are a little more expensive by about a dollar more average per box then other premades out there but I think if it’s a quality product it’s worth it.

I would recommend trying these out on your next needle purchase. After talking on the phone with their rep Billy I have to say I like them even more.
Good customer service is hard to find and Billy was more then willing to talk about the needles with me and answer any questions I had.

Feel free to hit Billy up and he’ll answer any questions about the needles. You can mention that you heard about the needles here from this site.
If you decide to order they have a promo code you can use that’s good for the whole year
[b]”LAUNCH2009”[/b]

They ship to the UK and Europe and now Austrailia and New Zealand. I’m going to give more feed back on what I think the more work I do with them. I have finished some larger work with the new needles and have done some medium sized stuff so far but nothing huge and just with these needles.

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