Rishelle sends us these thoroughly done up knuckles, including the stories behind them all:

Hi! These are the knuckle tattoos that I just got done, and the sides of my hands by Derek Davie at Anchor’s End Tattoo in Buffalo, NY. They stand for the fact that you need to live free of everything that is negative, live free of other people’s negative feelings about you. Live the life you want, the way you want, and don’t give a single care as to what others have to say about it. Live free, imagine peace and love your life. The sides stand for that you have to know more to hate less, less is more and more is less, you have to know hate and hate what you know. Enjoy :]

Andy of Belgium sends us these knuckles. When I asked him why he got DILLIGAF he replied:

I love the meaning of it, and its really me!!

Vic “Dread” Y sends us these knuckle tattoos:

“Boss Egos”
I have an inner conflict of alter egos and they tend to control everything around me -like a Boss. :)

hello, im jacob. i got time bomb to remind me not to carry my anger around like baggage. not only because i love rancid, but because of the message this song sends. if you bottle up your anger it will only be a matter of time before you explode on someone! thanks guys!

Hi.. I am Marcos From Brazil.

Before I sent this picture: HARD CORE
My first knuckle tattoo…Now, I sending my second knuckle Tattoo..
which is a complement to the first tattoo.

This tattoo was made by my friend and brother Thiago Bitencourt

These fresh knuckles were sent in by Mike Timm:

Friday before last at our tattoo shop we were giving out 13 dollar tattoos and I figure it was time I hooked up my knuckles with a sweet tattoo

Billy Crawford sends us these knuckle tattoos, and his story goes like this:

I got Loveless for a few reasons. I came out when I was 11. My mothers response was that I was going to hell and that noone would ever love me. I got it because the gay community is filled with a lot of lust and little love. Every relationship I’ve been in has been short cause they always want more than I’m willing to give. I got Loveless to remind myself not to be Loveless.

I met Brandon Danger at Toy Joy here in Austin, Texas. He said that his knuckles were part of his collapse of civilization sleeve. He also had the No Grave but the Sea which is a tribute to the Murder City Devils. Tattoos were committed to skin by Jason Angst of Artisan Tattoos and Coffee in Pittsburgh, PA

I met Mitch at The Brixton. His knuckles say more or less what they mean.

My names Jamie, from NJ
I got “good girl” on my knuckles cause I’m really close with my two tattoo artists and whenever I see them wether gettin tattooed or just stoping in to say hey! They always tell me when I leave to be good girl. So thats why I got it. And I’ll always remember them by it!

Todd Myers says:

I got these done to honor my nephew who died on 1/5/2012.  He was a police officer, so I got his badge number 328 on my right hand, RJB are his initials on my left hand.  The tattoo was done the day after his funeral 1/9/2012.

I personally feel very strongly about freedom of expression. Part of the reason that I don’t ever edit the stories on the site is that I believe strongly not only in people’s self expression, but in the free form of that expression. Knuckle tattoos are someone’s eight letter statement to the world. Their story should be expressed in the words of the person behind them.

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PS – I might have to make an exception if someone sends me an actual set of knuckle tattoos that read SOPA PIPA.

Markus Hartel sent us these knuckle tattoos, and his story behind them a ways back:

I’m a street photographer in NYC and recently decided to get a FOTOGRAF knuckle tattoo. yeah, it reads “photographer” in German, my country of origin. it also is my first tattoo, and I feel pretty good about it – holding a camera with it just looks badass!

Check out his awesome street photography at: http://www.markushartel.com/