On the hand-tattooing front, I got this freehand done by a traditional bamboo tattooist on the Thai/Myanmar border, 5yrs ago. It hurt more (and took longer) than a machine, but healed much quicker... hardly any redness/swelling, one or two drops of blood, and three days later it was fully healed. It's a little more blurry than it used to be, but at the time I remember being really impressed by the light line that bamboo could achieve.
On the hand-tattooing front, I got this freehand done by a traditional bamboo tattooist on the Thai/Myanmar border, 5yrs ago. It hurt more (and took longer) than a machine, but healed much quicker... hardly any redness/swelling, one or two drops of blood, and three days later it was fully healed. It's a little more blurry than it used to be, but at the time I remember being really impressed by the light line that bamboo could achieve.