Found an old envelope of ELC info from 1997, check out the price!

[Tattoo A2]

Found an envelope from Eastman when I ordered my B6 jacket back in 97. I got it form HPA in Jersey at the time. He even sent leather samples and photos of the B6 for me to ponder over, But man do I miss the prices back then. Check out the receipt! Still have the jacket to this day. Thought I would share this.

 

[Chandler]

Got one of those somewhere too!

 

[Micawber]

And me ...or at least I did have!

 

[B-Man2]

Why is it when I hear 1997, it doesn’t seem like that long ago………. But when I think 26 years ago ……….. Wow that went quick !!

 

[JonnyCrow]

Found an envelope from Eastman when I ordered my B6 jacket back in 97. I got it form HPA in Jersey at the time. He even sent leather samples and photos of the B6 for me to ponder over, But man do I miss the prices back then. Check out the receipt! Still have the jacket to this day. Thought I would share this.
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660 bucks in 1997 jeez was nearly a months wages net for me haha

 

[Micawber]

Why is it when I hear 1997, it doesn’t seem like that long ago………. But when I think 26 years ago ……….. Wow that went quick !!

Yep, scarily quick.

 

[JonnyCrow]

Yep, scarily quick.

Too quick Steve,

 

[taiAtari]

Adjusted for inflation 660,- 1997 dollars is about usd 1230,- in today's money. Still cheaper but not quite as shocking a difference.

 

[JonnyCrow]

Adjusted for inflation 660,- 1997 dollars is about usd 1230,- in today's money. Still cheaper but not quite as shocking a difference.

Still bigger than my salary back then for a month net haha

 

[Chandler]

Look at the shipping cost from back then.

Plus insurance, even.

 

[John Lever]

Still a lot of dough tbo

 

[JonnyCrow]

Still a lot of dough tbo

John married young, the wife would have killed me spending that in 97 hahaha

 

[A2 B3au]

Still very expensive, considering what a new Aero B6 costs today..

 

[Tattoo A2]

At the time I was married to my 2nd wife, and they had just legalized Tattooing in NYC, so the street shop I had just opened was busy as hell, tattooed 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. This was a treat for myself, of course I told the wife it fell off a truck somewhere and I got it in a trade,lol. Probably why I found this envelope buried in a box in the attic.

 

[Tattoo A2]

Why is it when I hear 1997, it doesn’t seem like that long ago………. But when I think 26 years ago ……….. Wow that went quick !!

I had to count the years on my fingers twice Burt, it does seem like yesterday.

 

[JonnyCrow]

At the time I was married to my 2nd wife, and they had just legalized Tattooing in NYC, so the street shop I had just opened was busy as hell, tattooed 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. This was a treat for myself, of course I told the wife it fell off a truck somewhere and I got it in a trade,lol. Probably why I found this envelope buried in a box in the attic.

Viva tattoos

 

[Tattoo A2]

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Nice work, been decorating the epidermis on people now for 34 years.

 

[Chandler]

I had to count the years on my fingers twice Burt, it does seem like yesterday.

No one said there'd be math!!

 

[Chandler]

Okay -- trying my hand at using direct image drops @mulceber !

Found my Cockpit receipt from my B-3 in an old box of files. 1990 -- $375! Was a time I was flush with cash after a nasty divorce... but I hadn't discovered ELC/HPA yet.

 

[Pa12]

I had to count the years on my fingers twice Burt, it does seem like yesterday.

Speaking of tattoos, what has changed over the years that makes them so less painful? My buddy and got a couple when we were 16 (1976) and we we’re almost in tears from the pain. Felt like a hot razor blade on my arm for 30 minutes. Had one of my sons birthday Done in 2007 and it was nothing. Could have done it for hours.