52 Episodes
72 Ratings
Weekly Cadence
2023 First episode
5K YouTube views About Tattoo 408 You can't talk about the developments of modern tattooing without mentioning the contributions of the San Francisco Bay Area. The number of renowned tattooists to at least get their start in either San Francisco or Oakland is staggering. But how many can you name from San Jose? Let's fix that! Like most things in Bay Area popular culture, Santa Clara County—affectionately called "the 408"—has made rich, diverse, yet overshadowed offerings to the world of body art. Every other week we'll either get to know a new San Jo tattooist or drop a little South Bay tattoo history. This is Tattoo 408.
Publisher Ethan Gregory Dodge
Category society & culture
Language en
Explicit Yes
First episode 6 Jul 2023
Latest episode 14 Apr 2026 Latest episodes 52 episodes in the feed.
14 Apr 2026
050: David Knapp — Part 2 🪄 "Magic" Tattoo Dave Knapp (https://www.instagram.com/magictattoodave/) started his tattoo career under the tutelage of Dave Flowers at Guru Tattoo. Since then, he's had a storied career not only tattooing in many shops across the 408, but also in machine building, pigment production, as well touring as a music tech for many different musicians. The latter of which caused him to cross paths with the one and only Paramore and give each member their first tattoo.
Today you can find Dave at The Holy Scythe Tattoo (https://www.instagram.com/theholyscythetattoo/) in the Rose Garden neighborhood. This is part two of his interview.
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📢 Spread the Word – Share this episode with your friends, your artist, your cousin who’s obsessed with ink—let’s grow the 408 tattoo fam.
💸 Leave a Tip – Want to support the pod directly? Drop a tip here (#)—every bit helps.
Connect with Tattoo 408
📲 Follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tattoo.408/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@tattoo.408), and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@tattoo.408) to see the faces behind the voices and keep up with the scene.
📬 Want some free Tattoo 408 stickers? DM your address—Ethan’s got you.
Shoutouts
🎨 Logo by the incredibly talented Tessia Spisak (#)
🎵 Theme music by mint.beats (https://www.instagram.com/mint.beats/)
🎙️ Produced by Ethan Gregory Dodge (#)
© 2025 Ethan Gregory Dodge. Released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). Share it, remix it, just don’t sell it—give credit where it’s due.
14 Apr 2026
049: David Knapp — Part 1 🪄 "Magic" Tattoo Dave Knapp (https://www.instagram.com/magictattoodave/) started his tattoo career under the tutelage of Dave Flowers at Guru Tattoo. Since then, he's had a storied career not only tattooing in many shops across the 408, but also in machine building, pigment production, as well touring as a music tech for many different musicians. The latter of which caused him to cross paths with the one and only Paramore and give each member their first tattoo.
Today you can find Dave at The Holy Scythe Tattoo (https://www.instagram.com/theholyscythetattoo/) in the Rose Garden neighborhood. This is part one of his interview.
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Support the Show
⭐ Rate & Review – A quick 5-star rating on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/5LtHK46esHSaK26ry0a0zM) or Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tattoo-408/id1696012383) helps a ton and only takes a few seconds.
📢 Spread the Word – Share this episode with your friends, your artist, your cousin who’s obsessed with ink—let’s grow the 408 tattoo fam.
💸 Leave a Tip – Want to support the pod directly? Drop a tip here (#)—every bit helps.
Connect with Tattoo 408
📲 Follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tattoo.408/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@tattoo.408), and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@tattoo.408) to see the faces behind the voices and keep up with the scene.
📬 Want some free Tattoo 408 stickers? DM your address—Ethan’s got you.
Shoutouts
🎨 Logo by the incredibly talented Tessia Spisak (#)
🎵 Theme music by mint.beats (https://www.instagram.com/mint.beats/)
🎙️ Produced by Ethan Gregory Dodge (#)
© 2025 Ethan Gregory Dodge. Released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). Share it, remix it, just don’t sell it—give credit where it’s due.
17 Mar 2026
048: Dylan Sandstrom — Part 2 🏍️ Dylan Sandstrom (https://www.instagram.com/dylan_sandstrom/)'s dad dragged him to Tattoo John' (https://www.instagram.com/thetattoojohn/)s San Jose Tattoo on the regular when Dylan was just a boy. It was there he was exposed to both the biker and Americana tattoo styles. The son of a biker and always fascinated by low riders, Dylan began drawing automobiles of all kinds. In early adulthood, he found himself in Arizona where he learned to tattoo before making his way back to the Bay Area. A couple of shops later, he found himself at Integrity Tattoo in San Jose. When things went south there, he and the rest of the crew were invited by Paco Excel (https://www.instagram.com/excel__awr_msk/) to join the artists at Death Before Dishonor. Today, Dylan tattoos out of his private studio in Hollister, CA (https://www.instagram.com/twooak831/) still motivated by the same motifs and icons he saw on the walls at San Jose Tattoo.
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Support the Show
⭐ Rate & Review – A quick 5-star rating on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/5LtHK46esHSaK26ry0a0zM) or Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tattoo-408/id1696012383) helps a ton and only takes a few seconds.
📢 Spread the Word – Share this episode with your friends, your artist, your cousin who’s obsessed with ink—let’s grow the 408 tattoo fam.
💸 Leave a Tip – Want to support the pod directly? Drop a tip here (#)—every bit helps.
Connect with Tattoo 408
📲 Follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tattoo.408/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@tattoo.408), and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@tattoo.408) to see the faces behind the voices and keep up with the scene.
📬 Want some free Tattoo 408 stickers? DM your address—Ethan’s got you.
Shoutouts
🎨 Logo by the incredibly talented Tessia Spisak (#)
🎵 Theme music by mint.beats (https://www.instagram.com/mint.beats/)
🎙️ Produced by Ethan Gregory Dodge (#)
© 2025 Ethan Gregory Dodge. Released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). Share it, remix it, just don’t sell it—give credit where it’s due.
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