Blade tattoo ideas

101 photos and flash · 33% Traditional, 13% Realism · Forearm most common

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Black and grey traditional style flash design of a hockey mask on a blade shape, with the words IT'S FRIDAY FRIDAY curving along the edge.
Hockey mask and blade flash with Friday lettering
Black and white drawing of a symmetrical geometric star design with pointed blades and hexagon shapes, shown as a flash design rather than a tattoo on skin.
Geometric blade star design
Black and grey drawing of a treble clef wrapped in two scroll banners that read I am married to the music, for better or worse, with a pointed blade shape at the top.
Treble clef with quote banners
Pencilled tattoo flash design of a dagger wrapped in grey scrollwork, with three pink roses and a red drip on the blade.
Dagger, roses and scrollwork design
Red line drawing of two stylised ornamental shapes on a white background, one tall and pointed, the other containing stylised characters, a flash-style tattoo design.
Red outline design with characters
Black and grey flash design of a ram skull with a serpent coiling around it, flanked by two blades and leaves, with the word Capricorn below.
Capricorn ram skull and serpent design
Traditional flash drawing of a dagger with a red rose at its base, with green leaves, small pink flowers and a red star on the hilt.
Dagger and rose flash design
Pen drawing of a tribal-style swirl tattoo design on white paper, with blue and black linework and shaded curls.
Tribal swirl tattoo design in blue and black
Traditional style flash drawing of a black dagger piercing two red and orange roses with black leaves and a rose bud.
Dagger and rose flash design
Engraved illustration of a sword wrapped in grey ribbons in front of a gold globe and sunburst, drawn in a tattoo-flash style with no body placement shown.
Sword wrapped in ribbons over a golden globe
Black and grey traditional flash sheet showing six dagger designs, each with a ribbon banner curling beneath the blade.
Six traditional dagger designs with banners
Black tribal-style design of a winged sword with flowing spiked wings on a white background, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement.
Winged sword tribal design
Black ink flash drawing of an angular helmet with a tall blade rising from its crown, shaded with hatched lines and white highlights.
Angular helmet with tall blade
Black line drawing flash design of two roses, a HONOR banner and a blade on cream paper, in a traditional style, with no body placement shown.
Two roses and HONOR banner line drawing
Light grey flame-rayed sun emblem with a central circle and a blade running through it, drawn on a black background as a tattoo design.
Flame sun emblem with a central blade
Flash design of crossed swords, axes, a game controller and a Pokeball around a banner reading Gamer Forever, shown on a dark textured background.
Gamer Forever weapons emblem
Pencil sketch of a heart formed from feathered wings, with two birds inside and crossed blades at the base, drawn as a tattoo design.
Winged heart with two birds and crossed blades
Pencil sketch of an outlined heart pierced diagonally by a dagger, drawn on a page of a spiral sketchbook.
Heart pierced by a dagger sketch
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a pair of ornate scissors whose blades form the body of a butterfly with outstretched wings.
Butterfly scissors design
Black and grey traditional style drawing of a dagger with a ribbed handle and blood drops, shown as a standalone tattoo design.
Dagger with blood drops flash design
Black and grey traditional dagger design with an ornate hilt and shaded blade, drawn on a white strip of paper over a dark wooden surface.
Ornate dagger flash design
Red fine line design of a rose with leaves and a thorned stem wrapped around a knife, shown on a plain white background.
Rose wrapped around a knife
Pencil drawing of a traditional-style dagger with the name Rumplestiltskin on the blade and a banner reading All Magic Comes With a Price, drawn as a tattoo design.
Dagger and banner reading All Magic Comes With a Price
Six black and white ornamental designs in a row, each a symmetrical, pointed motif with fine lines, scrolls or solid blocks, shown as tattoo flash on a white background.
Six black ornamental line designs
Black and grey traditional-style drawing of a straight razor resting across a rose with leaves, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Straight razor and rose flash design
Black and white flash design of a skull pierced by a dagger, with the words MISTAKES WERE MADE beneath, suitable as a tattoo design.
Skull pierced by a dagger with lettering
White line drawing of an open hand gripping a dagger on a black background, a fine line tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Hand gripping a dagger line drawing
Black and grey tribal design drawing of a curling swirl with spiked edges and a tapering tail, shown on a white background with no body part visible.
Black tribal swirl design with spiked edges
Black and grey flash design of a dagger piercing a heart with a wavy ribbon across it and three drops below, in a traditional style with no body placement shown.
Dagger through a heart with ribbon
Black blackwork flash design of a stylised dagger with an elongated figure-shaped hilt and a long pointed blade on a white background.
Stylised dagger flash design