Two small black scissor tattoos in a simple fine line style, one on each of two fingers of a hand resting on a knee.

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Pair of scissor tattoos on two fingers

Fine line · Hand · Black and grey · Photo

Two small black outline scissors are tattooed on the sides of two adjacent fingers, each with its blades angled towards the fingertip. The linework is clean and even, with solid black fill on the blades and no shading. The hand rests on a knee against a light wooden floor, and the tattoos are the clear focus of the frame.

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Dear Nell, the squall took the foresail clean off its bolt on Tuesday, and Mr Okafor says we will have it patched before the Azores or he will feed us to the sharks. He was joking, I think. Mostly. I have been at the canvas since first light with Pa's old sailmaker's shears, the pair with the worn tortoiseshell bows, and the thimble has rubbed a ring into my finger that will not wash out.

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The rule on this ship is that you never cut against the weave. The blades go with the grain and always point toward the tip of the work, the way a stitch wants to run, or the cloth tears twice as far as you meant. Young Tomasz forgot this at midnight and sliced a hand-span across the seam, so we spent the rest of the watch with a lantern hung off the yard, picking out thread while the deck rolled under us. Okafor said nothing. He just took the shears from the boy's hand, turned them round so the points faced the way the sail would fly, and handed them back without a word.

We reckon the patch will hold to Lisbon. When we get there I mean to walk to the first tailor's shop I can find and have a little pair of shears inked onto my hand, one on each of the first two fingers, so I cannot ever mistake which way the cut should run. Write back care of the agent in Bristol. Tell Mam the dog is not to be trusted with the mail.

Your brother, Sam

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