Small black line tattoo of a snaffle bit on the side of a finger, set against a blurred red and orange background.

Snaffle bit tattoo on a finger

Fine line · Hand · Black and grey · Photo

A single snaffle bit, drawn as a thin black outline with two ring-shaped ends joined by a straight bar, runs along the side of a finger. The linework is simple and even, with solid black ink and no shading. The soft, blurred red and orange background makes the tattoo stand out, and the image is shot close up at an angle.

Find an artist for this

Take it to an artist as a reference. A good artist will make it yours rather than copy someone else's tattoo.

A story inspired by this tattoo · fiction

Nell had been told the keep was empty since the siege, so she was not expecting the grey mare to be standing in the old chapel, saddled and patient, her head turned towards the broken door as though she had been waiting for the bell.

Keep reading

Her father's ledger said the Ashby horses had gone over the hill with the baron's men, every one of them. Nell had counted the hoof-prints in the mud at the gate, and they did not lead out. They led in, and stopped.

The mare wore a plain bridle of old leather, the bit a single length of steel with a ring at either end, bright where the reins had worn it. Nell had seen one like it in the armoury at Thorne, hung on a nail above a dead man's helmet. She reached for the cheekpiece, and the mare lowered her head to meet her hand, as easy as a dog that knows its name.

When the sun came through the arrow-slit it lit the rings like two small moons. Nell unbuckled the reins and led the mare out through the gate, and the marks in the mud were the only proof that anyone had ever been there. By the time the village saw them coming down the lane, she had decided what she would tell her father: that the horse had come home on its own, and that it had brought its own bit, which was the only part of the business she did not intend to explain.

More like this

Fine line black outline of a small bow tattoo on a finger of a fist, with leopard print nails, against a pale background.
Small bow outline on a finger
Small black fine line anchor tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist, with a hand and knitted sleeve in the frame.
Small anchor tattoo on the inner wrist
Small black infinity symbol tattoo on the side of a finger, in a fine line style, against a pale curtain.
Infinity symbol on a finger
Black and grey photograph of an open palm with a small script lettering tattoo on the forearm near the wrist.
Script word on an inner wrist
Raised hand against a black background showing a small, fine line arrow tattoo on the inner wrist in dark ink.
Small arrow tattoo on the inner wrist
Small black line tattoo of a light bulb-like symbol on the inside of an open hand, against a black background.
Light bulb symbol on palm
Close-up of a small, fine line semicolon tattoo in dark blue ink on the side of a finger, held against a red wall.
Small semicolon tattoo on a finger
Black and white photograph of a hand making a V sign, with a small fine line angled tattoo on the skin between the index and middle finger.
Small angled line tattoo on hand
Small black infinity symbol tattoo on the side of a finger on a hand with curled fingers, set against a soft blurred background.
Infinity symbol on a finger
Close-up of a hand and wrist against a black background, showing a small black fine-line curl tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Black curl tattoo on the wrist
Black musical notes, including a bass clef, tattooed on the inner wrist of a raised fist held against a red background.
Musical notes on an inner wrist
Black and white photo of two hands clasped together, with a small fine line outlined heart with a keyhole on one finger and a tiny key tattoo on the other hand.
Small heart and key tattoos on two hands

From the plentytattoo archive, uploaded by a user. Is this your work? Ask for credit or removal.