Sak kha lai — Hand Poke The Lanna leg tattoo: waist to knee, sometimes to the ankle, dense enough that the murals paint it as a pair of black trousers. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/sak-kha-lai/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 58K
What the word means first — Hand Poke The word each tradition uses for the tattoo, and what it meant before it meant that. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/story/words/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
Poke — Hand Poke A point held in the hand and pushed into the skin, once per mark, with the pigment carried on or into the hole. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/method/poke/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
The design block — Hand Poke Not a needle: a carved wooden block, inked and printed onto the skin, so the tattooist follows a line instead of remembering one. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tool/design-block/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
The pilgrim's cross — Hand Poke Jerusalem and Egypt: a cross on the inside of the wrist, marking a pilgrimage — and a family that has been doing it for around seven hundred years. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/coptic-pilgrim/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 53K