The Steinhart Family is somewhat unknown to the public. The internet didn't exist during their reign in the world of tattooing and there has been very little written about them since. However anyone that has crossed their paths or worked along side of them know that this family has helped lay the foundation of tattoo history in America. They are indeed the real deal.
Sailor Barney Sr. (known as 'SB'; deceased) was from Brooklyn New York. He spent years tattooing there along side the greats. It's been said, that at one point Sailor Barney Sr. was the most profitable tattoo artist in the country. Throughout his career he sat down in many shops across the USA and traveled with the carnival circuit. He was the President of the East Coast Tattoo Club of America and was the creator of the Coastal Tattoo Machine. SB was married multiple times and had a sh*t ton of kids. It's his "First Litter" of all boys that followed in his foot steps. All the boys started their careers in tattooing traveling the carnival circuit with SB. Sailor Fred was the most successful tattoo artist of the boys; making it his life long career. He owned his own shop of 20+ years in Rochester, New York, created his own line of tattoo machines, was the President of the Royal Tattoo Club, owner of the Tat-Kat Supply Company and founder of the First Traveling Tattoo Museum. It's these items from the museum, his private collection, being sold off over the next few months. Sailor Barney Jr., best known as Howie The Hand (deceased), was also a successful tattoo artist. Most of his career was spent in CA. Although he took quite a few years away from the industry he came back to open a very successful shop in GA. Howie The Hand retired to upstate New York with his brothers before passing away. Captain Frog spent most of this tattooing career up in Maine before working alongside his brother in Sailor Fred's freak show and grab joint. Frog didn't make tattooing his main career and has since semi-retired in upstate New York. Tattoo Larry like the rest of the boys, tattooed along side of his father and brothers. He spent years in and out of the industry and still tattoos friends a few times a year. Larry's success was selling equipment ... a lot of it.
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AuthorSailor Fred is a renown American Tattoo Artist that started his career in 1968 Archives
November 2016
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