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Cutting by Nils

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Shannon Larratt

I’m not sure what this says exactly or whether it’s in violation of its implied religion, but the cutting is by Nils Weiss at Serious-Piercing in Duesseldorf, Germany.

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14 responses to “Cutting by Nils”

  1. lusid Avatar
    lusid

    This could mean ‘flag’. It would have nothing, then, to do with religion. I could be off on the spelling, though.

  2. lusid Avatar
    lusid

    This could mean ‘flag’. It would have nothing, then, to do with religion. I could be off on the spelling, though.

  3. jo Avatar
    jo

    Does anyone know what this says/means? it looks awesome, and i’m really interested to know…

  4. jo Avatar
    jo

    Does anyone know what this says/means? it looks awesome, and i’m really interested to know…

  5. lydia Avatar
    lydia

    It says “alam”, which means pain in Arabic.

  6. lydia Avatar
    lydia

    It says “alam”, which means pain in Arabic.

  7. rhea Avatar
    rhea

    yeah it says “alam” !

    i’m super stoked because i’m currently taking an arabic course and……. just now i saw an arabic word and knew what it meant! teehee! that totally made my morning!

    but yeah, it’s beautiful. the calligraphic font came out nicely.

  8. rhea Avatar
    rhea

    yeah it says “alam” !

    i’m super stoked because i’m currently taking an arabic course and……. just now i saw an arabic word and knew what it meant! teehee! that totally made my morning!

    but yeah, it’s beautiful. the calligraphic font came out nicely.

  9. Bot Avatar
    Bot

    That’s pretty awesome, the meaning makes it even moreso fabbotastic!

  10. Bot Avatar
    Bot

    That’s pretty awesome, the meaning makes it even moreso fabbotastic!

  11. sunny Avatar
    sunny

    hey! i was very suprised to find a photo of my cutting on this website:-) yes, it’s mine, and yes, it’s arabic and means “pain”. but i didn’t know that you say “alam” in the arabic language. thank you for the information.

    greetz *sunny*

  12. sunny Avatar
    sunny

    hey! i was very suprised to find a photo of my cutting on this website:-) yes, it’s mine, and yes, it’s arabic and means “pain”. but i didn’t know that you say “alam” in the arabic language. thank you for the information.

    greetz *sunny*

  13. eros-demonic Avatar
    eros-demonic

    Not all people who speek or write a language share a comon faith, or even hold any sort of faith in there heart.

    I speak english, but i’m no christian.

  14. eros-demonic Avatar
    eros-demonic

    Not all people who speek or write a language share a comon faith, or even hold any sort of faith in there heart.

    I speak english, but i’m no christian.

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