East Cesar Chavez · Est. 2009

Bold will hold.

An American Traditional tattoo parlor in East Austin. Walk in, pick it off the wall, sit down.

Walk in or call (512) 524-7781
Traditional rose flash Traditional dagger flash Traditional swallow flash Traditional panther flash Traditional anchor flash Traditional eagle flash
A healed traditional rose and dagger tattoo on a forearm

The same brick room since 2009

A traditional shop.
The old kind.

Bold lines and a flash wall you can point at. Whiskey-bottle reds, hunter green, clean black that reads across a room and across forty years.

Walk in, pick off the wall, sit down. Or bring us your own idea and we will draw it the traditional way.

Bold lines, solid black, true colors. Built to still read in forty years, not forty days.

Point at it. Sit down today.

The flash wall

A wall of traditional flash sheets taped to brick
01RoseRose
02DaggerDagger
03SwallowSwallow
04Black PantherBlack Panther
05AnchorAnchor
06EagleEagle

Plus horseshoe, clipper ship, heart & banner and the rest, up on the wall. Walk in and point.

Three chairs, one wall

4.8 on Google, 600+ reviews

  • Owner

    Hank Mosely

    American Traditional, Americana flash

    Here since day one.

  • Artist

    Ruth Delgado

    Traditional & neo-traditional florals

    Books custom by appointment.

  • Artist

    Cole Pruitt

    Black-and-grey, bold script

    Walk-ins most days.

What we do, what it runs

The work

  • Walk-in flash

    Pick it off the wall, sit down today.

    from $120

  • Custom traditional

    Drawn bold, in the tradition.

    $160 / hr

  • Cover-up

    We bury the old one in solid black and color.

    consult first

  • Black-and-grey

    Smooth shading, clean line.

    $160 / hr

  • Lettering & script

    Names, dates, banners.

    from $140

House rules

  1. 121+ for walk-ins, or 18+ with a state ID.
  2. 2Cash and card. Tip your artist.
  3. 3No hands, faces, or necks on a first tattoo.
  4. 4Sober skin only. We will reschedule you, no hard feelings.