Hi guys:
I am almost 62 years old. About three years ago I started collecting tattoos. (I know, I am a late bloomer, what can I say?). My tattoos are not just for decoration; they are to remind me of the things that I accomplished during my life that really meant a lot - (you know, so that as senility creeps forward the mirror will remind me every day of my halcyon youth).
So my right upper arm is sleeved with a Naval Officer's crest, a frigate and campaign ribbons for all of the major countries I have served in. My full upper back is tattooed with my pilot's wings and the airplane that I built myself and fly. My lower back is tattooed with a traditional Thai sak yant to commemorate another significant life experience.
My chest and my left upper arm are still untouched. But I still have three things that I want to commemorate. My tattooist suggests that we do my full upper chest with an image of the Archangel St. Michael (patron saint of Police Officers) slaying all of the evil doers, and then on one pectoral area tattooing my actual badge from when I was a Police Officer and on the other pectoral area tattooing the scales of justice to commemorate my almost 40 years of being a practicing attorney. That would leave my left upper arm open for something else (such as commemorating my becoming a licensed barber).
I really like my tattooists' idea -but I don't know if I like the idea of having my full chest tattooed. I don't know if that is going to look good on an old guy with a bit of a belly or for very long as I get older.
Do any of you guys have a chest tattoo?
Even if you do not have a chest tattoo, what do you guys think of old guys with chest tattoos?