Fineline Tattoo NYC

FINELINE TATTOO WILL NOW BE THE ONLY PLACE I GO TO FOR MY TATTOOS.

I REALLY WANTED A KOI FISH TATTOO FOR THE LONGEST TIME. I HAD ONE OF THEIR ARTISTS, JOE, DRAW ONE UP FOR ME. IT WAS AMAZING. I ARRIVED AT MY APPOINTMENT AND WAS READY TO GO. EVERYONE IN THE SHOP WAS SUPER FRIENDLY AND I FELT COMFORTABLE THERE, UNLIKE SOME OTHER PLACES I HAVE GONE. THE SHOP ITS SELF IS SMALL BUT I LIKE THE PERSONAL APPEAL IT HAS. I WOULDN'T SAY I HAVE A HIGH TOLERACE FOR PAIN BUT I DID WANT TO DO MY ENTIRE TATTOO IN ONE SITTING. JOE WAS REALLY HELPFUL AND UNDERSTANDING. HE LET ME TAKE BREAKS AND SWITCH POSITIONS WHENEVER I NEEDED TO. THE TATTOO TOOK ABOUT 4 HOURS TO COMPLETE. I LOVE IT WAY MORE THAN THE ONE I HAD IT COVER UP. YOU CAN'T EVEN TELL I HAD A TATTOO THERE BEFORE.

I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS SHOP AND TATTOO ARTIST TO A FRIEND, I'M BRINGING MY SISTER THERE (HOPEFULLY, IF SHE DOESN'T CHICKEN OUT) TO GET HER FIRST TATTOO.

IF YOU WANT AN AMAZING TATTOO BY SOME AMAZING ARTISTS, GO TO FINELINE!!!!!

A GREAT TATTOO SHOP WITH A FRIENDLY TATTOO ARTIST THAT TRULY CARES ABOUT HIS CRAFT. VERY CLEAN AND NO NONSENSE ARTISTS THAT DON'T MIND QUESTIONS FROM NEWBIES. I GOT ALL MY MAJOR WORK FROM JOE MANUTTI, AND HE HELPED DEVELOP MY PIECE, WHICH IS TAKING UP MY WHOLE BACK. I HAVE A LOT OF COVER UP WORK ON MY BACK AND ITS COMING A LONG AMAZINGLY.

HE TOOK HIS TIME AND YOU CAN SEE THE PASSION IN THE TATTOO, IT TURNING OUT BEAUTIFUL. HE TALKED TO ME, AND I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL IN THE SHADING AND IN THE LINES. THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JUST A REGULAR TATTOO ARTIST AND SOMEONE WHO IS DEDICATED TO THEIR CRAFT.

Mike Bakaty did my tattoos in 1988,and he is the most creative man i know.His talent is the best,good conversatioNALIST and i am going to fly into NYC AND HAVE MICHAEL DO WHAT EVER HE THINKS.i WAKE UP SMILING EVERYDAY WHEN I LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND SEE HIS WORK AND ITS EVEN BETTER DAY.MIKE,I LOVE YOU MAN

Thank You Angelo for my Moon Tattoo with my son's face.

Nice, clean and professional.

You rock !!!

hello old friend! this is michael from the mulberry street garage, you did my aquarius sign and i never gave you money for it........im sorry man but a lot of things have happened since then and im in england now running a tattoo shop called "ink2last", i promise when i come to new york city soon i'll stop by, i should have gone japanese from begining but im all sleeved up now, you knew this way ahead than everyone mike, thenx for the art work, i owe you!

Thank you so much for doing our tattoos..much thanks to Mike and Angelo...You have made friends with us..this wont be the first or the last time you see us...see u in a couple of months for our next tattoo...

I was 18 when Mike did my tattoo in 1984. I found his ad in the back of the Village Voice and was the first person amongst my friends, to get a tattoo, when it was illegal in NYC. I remember nervously going to his address in the Bowery. I walked in and it was super clean, like a medical office. Fast forward to this afternoon, 2010. It was such a surprise to walk by his shop in the East Village and to think that getting tattoed used to be illegal. Thanks Mike!

i remember cuz he had a african grey parrot that screamed every time the machine came on and it scared the heck outta me. same Mike right?

a guy named Mike did my tatt in 1983. i am black, but i can still see the tatt. that's sayin a lot.

To an old friend from back in the days...thanks Mike for your ink, friendship and guidance.
LES forever...
Dave
www.baseltattoo.com