Pen ink — Hand Poke Ballpoint ink, India ink or whatever is to hand — the modern improvised pigment. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/ink/pen-ink/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
The tattoo is clothing — Hand Poke Sources in Burmese, Northern Thai, Spanish and Samoan — and a Cordilleran rule recorded in English — reach for the same comparison: the tattoo is not on the body, it is what the… nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/story/clothing/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 54K
Whose designs — Hand Poke Several traditions on this site hold that certain designs may not be worn by people who have not earned them. That rule is theirs to state and not this site's to adjudicate. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/issue/whose-designs/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
Khan tang — Hand Poke The fee, set by the master, presented in a bowl: flowers, candles, incense, cloth, coins, and whatever else that master's line asks for. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/rite/khan-tang/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
Cut — Hand Poke The skin is cut or chiselled and pigment is rubbed into the cut, so the mark has a texture as well as a colour. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/method/cut/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
Sak Yant Chiang Mai — Hand Poke The Chiang Mai operation that publishes the profile of every master it works with — teacher, temple, family line, years in the robe and out. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/org/sak-yant-chiang-mai/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
Wat Phumin — Hand Poke The temple in Nan whose nineteenth-century murals show northern men with their legs and torsos marked. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/place/wat-phumin/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K