A clock/watch with an emphasis on the 6....it would be a constant reminder to check over your shoulder.

 

I'm not too sure a tattoo is all that practical

 

Morse code list would be handy

 

star charts for celestial navagation

 

This post makes me want to throw something. No offense towards you. Maybe if you have to tattoo survival knowledge onto your body, this isn't the best thing to get into for you.

 

Animal tracks so you have a reference guide...

 

Blood type is the only practical thing i can think of as most of your body can't be used to make a practical sun board, its not flat enough.

 

The phone number for 911, in case you forget?

 

"left" "right" "front" "back"............

 

With some of the implants available nowadays, you could get something stashed sub-dermal.

Couple of matches in one devils horn, water tablets in the other.

 

Get a tattoo that says "I spent $400 dollars on this crummy tattoo instead of something useful"

or maybe "john wuz here"

Really, what can you possibly get tattooed on yourself that is so important you cant commit to memory?

Dont get me wrong, I like tattoo's, Have a few myself but i dont see any practical survival use of a tattoo.

The only tattoo I can think of is a dog tag tat, and unless your worried about your body being identified after getting hit with an IED. Not much of a point

 

I think it is a great idea for medical information, blood type, allergies, health issues, etc.

 

How about the tattoo of a nickel on your Johnson...

That way you'll always have a dollar during hard times.

 

Maybe a bulls eye target on your back to help end your hunger and discomfort when SHTF and you realize you should have spent your $$$ on prepps instead of some lame i'm a bad azz tramp stamp tattoo.

Really man go join a camping group that also teaches outdoor survival skills, find out what kind of equipment you need you, learn to use it and you will be $$ ahead and maybe make a few friends.

Perhaps you will acquire honest scars, and burn marks from fire making and bush craft that will have more meaning and memories than a faded tramp stamp.:thumb:

 

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Not to big on ink for I/D purposes -- but thats just me -- and maybe my Grandfather --

 

A meat stamp. That way if your body is found they know where you came from and who you are. I am tattooed from my hands to my neck, I strongly recommend you think hard about having this done, and that you like what you are getting. In my mind I dont see how tattoos are useful for much more then looking at.

 

A copy of "Surviving for Dummies"

 

I'd say something with flowers or butterflies on your lower back.

 

I have a tattoo from my military days but I forget it's there as I can't see it most of the time...but, the only useful tat I've ever seen is a SSN inked on a Green Beret's inner thigh. That way, if the body is burned, the thigh is usually the last to burn and they can still ID the body.

 

can still ID the body.

A couple of my buddys had that done -- I passed

Tattoo work is good for the gestapo they can have identifying marks to track you down with.

My point previously

 

im not sure if thats a good idea..
when shtf wouldnt those mutant zombie gangs just kill ya' and skin you or something?

 

Some prostitutes tattoo their SS# on themselves so if they are found in a ditch they can be identified.

 

Unlike most the flamers here, I think that if you are a tattoo enthusiest and also a survival enthusiest why not incorporate both?

As far as ideas, meh I got nothing....

 

How about getting this tattood on your chest...."The sh*t hit the fan and all I got was this stupid tattoo."

 

Survival tattoo's!

 

As has been said, tattoos are expensive and largely useless for survival purposes. It is a fun mental exercise though, trying to find a use for something like that.

Blood type and donor status. A point of contact that won't ever change for next of kin notification. Related specifically to wilderness use though......If I HAD to come up with something, maybe a coded version of GPS coordinates for a cache. Jumble the digits with an easy to remember formula and alter the format so it looks like a date or something innocuous so only you know the real coordinates, or that it even IS coordinates.

What about piercings? Anyone got uses for those?

 

What about piercings? Anyone got uses for those?

How about some stainless fishing hooks or jig heads. The ladies might even be able to get away with a lure like a spoon.