What is the difference bewteen irezumi and normal tattoos? Is it the quality of ink? Quality of texture? or the tools? If there’s no difference why do some pay more than 10000$ for it?

I have a tattoo machine that heats up and starts to bog down after 30 to 45 minutes of continuous use. I feel that the issue is with the tattoo machine’s coils. What makes a tattoo coil better than another? The amount of coils, the strength of the capacitor inside it?

I been looking at some polynesian tribal and some filipino tribal tattoos. There are many designs in the tribal but I can’t tell the difference. What do you look for in a polynesian tattoo and a filipino one?

On LA Ink, one of the workers told the new girl that is was a tattoo shop not a tattoo parlor, so I want to know what the difference is?

Is there really a difference between tattoo ink’s in reference to I guess the cheap stuff or not as popular brands?. Some tattoo ink’s have the money to advertise, but are they really better if so what brand of tattoo ink would you recommend that is the good stuff. Thanks in advance.
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