Holy shit, Its been a minute!

Damn I cant believe its been almost 6, no wait 7 weeks since I last made a blog post... well actually that makes me very happy, as it means i just didn't have time...

I have been a very busy man over the last 6 weeks, for 4 of those weeks I was entertaining and road tripping around South Africa with Thomas Morgan (L.A) and Shon Lindauer (N.Y.C)

This was a very eye opening and inspirational trip, inspirational to make shit happen and get on the map, I think driving through South Africa in my beat up Renault I realized

how far off the map I am, but not just me there is more to it... or do i mean less? fuck I'm not sure, but i am sure things are changing, and its the cliche of "get the fuck on or stay behind", far behind. But more on this later... full write up on this coming ASAP with photos

Lighthouse Supply... I have a new website ready to rock, i just need to allocate the time to finish it off with loading the products ... this will all happen soon.

I have Stencil Stuff on the way!! if anybody wants some hit me up, read good prices, and I mean REAL good. Lighthouse is a Authorized dealer. 8oz and a new 4oz bottle available!

3rd Annual International Cape Town Convention.

28 - 30th of January 2011 will be the 3rd Annual International Cape Town Tattoo Convention.

This year should be a total fucking blast! The venue has changed from the C.T.I.C.C to The Pavilion at the V&A Waterfront in the mother city.

Check out the calendar for the convention here and get your tickets here, R250 for a weekend VIP pass and R100 for a day pass!

I will have a booth at the convention, be sure to come stop by and say whats up! I will have some rad deals and products exclusive for the convention don't miss out!

Real product for tattooers by tattooers.

TATTOO ARTIST MAGAZINE, Now Available In South Africa

Fuck, wow...

The last two weeks have been really good for L.H.S.

Gratitude is due to everyone involved and the amazing support I have received, not just locally but to all my suppliers from the states seeing the value in the need that the local market down here has for better quality products and service. putting it back where it belongs.

I am now very happy to say that I will be stocking Tattoo Artist Magazine as from the end of November. The first time that it will be available for sale in South Africa and L.H.S is proud to be the distributor.

I will be getting in the latest issue and some back issues!

Tattoo Artist Magazine is a tattoo trade ONLY magazine.
You must prove that you are in a studio in order to receive TAM.

Each issue of TAM comes with a DVD...

Check out their blog here: TAM Blog

Get at me to reserve you some, i will be getting from issue #6 to #22

I will run a debut special on the magazines, i will release more info once the magazines are available in 2 weeks time!

Lone rider... available.

I made this footswitch from couple of rad finds at a local second-hand market, its solid brass mounted on a wood crest, finished off with a full rubber base to not slip around.

The coins are old 1961 1/2cents, they went out of circulation in late 60's some time...
The whole footswitch is pretty original and a once off... I do engrave the buyers name on the top copper plate. its for you and you only.
I give a lifetime guarantee on the workmanship...

Selling for R1500, that's roughly about $190 excluding duties etc.
We do ship anywhere in the world

New space.

The last two weeks have been a bit of a roller-coaster. Crazy developments and rad progress, some hick-ups and some disappointments but overall more good than bad.

We have found some really cool premises that will be the new home to L.H.S.

We are fucking excited, its huge, well not huge but big enough for us, a little workshop to make and design some really cool custom made equipment, a showroom, a tattoo studio (in collaboration with some great artists from Johannesburg, more on that later), and a mini ramp, yes a MINI RAMP.

The space consists of a larger area of about 90m2, a smaller area of about 25m2 and bathrooms with 3 toilets (yes allot of shitting will go down) 2 showers just to clean off after that early morning surf and a 22m2 balcony for braaing, chilling and looking at beautiful table mountain, yes we have views and we are a stones throw away from the ocean too.

We will be hosting allot at this space and it will be cleaner than your local ER...

The space was used by some dude that did framing, he doesn't do framing any more, well definitely not from this space. ha

Below are some pictures, they might not look like much now, but we get the keys in the next week or so... we will transform it, paint its, polish it and sign it. you'll see what i mean if you have VISION. You will want to be there every day. your welcome. come skate, come get tattooed, come buy really good supplies if you are a tattoo artist, and ONLY if you are a tattoo artist, dont try your luck.

View from the road

Inside larger area (showroom)

Smaller Space (studio)

View from the balcony

Site Launches

I am very happy to announce that the website has official launched.

It has been a tough 6months getting all our ducks in a row and getting everything to this point.

We have product available on the site but the shopping basket and prices are only available to logged-in clients, apply now for your user name and password.

We will be launching custom made footswitches, clipcords and power supplies within the next couple of months, made right here in South Africa with passion and the best quality materials all sourced locally.

Stay with us, bigger things to follow, bare with us, humble beginnings.

LHS.