The Tommy .38 Special machine was designed by my father "Tommy Ringwalt Sr" and is one of our best sellers do to its steady powerful running ability. It is one of the most popular designs in the world. They have a highly polished finish and real authentic bullet shells glued into the slots, which gave it the name, Tommy’s .38 Special. It was specially designed for professional tattoo artists to have a machine that is very well balanced for less vibration to perform nice crisp lines and smooth shading when tattooing. All of our coils are hand filed to a perfection every time so the armature bar hits at a steady pace to prevent the stress of overheating this great piece of equipment. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS