list your favorite three stripers!!!

was just reading some old posts about applying gold leaf and got to thinking about who is who in the striping game, was just curious as to who you guys thought is/was the best...and you dont have to put ed roth and von dutch cause everyone knows that is a totally different league...and it doesnt have to be that whoever you put first you think is better than second i am just curious about who other people like, hopefully this will open some doors for not so well known local stripers to be seen, so lets start posting...i'll begin

-alan johnston (legend and a great all around helpful person!)

-Ray "el vago" "safariknut" (yet again another celebrity on this board, but also someone who is VERY VERY good at what he does and is willing to share)

-Anthony white "00 mack" (i've never met him but he striped my friends car and i love his work, great flow and awesome lines, check him out...well everybody knows him already lol)

so there is my three like i said no single one is better than the other they are just my favorite three

 

Alan Johnson
Jules Brant .. aka.. Mr.J
Charlie Decker ..aka.. One Arm Bandit

 

www.pinheadlounge.com is great i just looked up alan johnson and his lettering is incredible!!

 

Stardust
Candy
Montana

Oh wait....did you say stripers or strippers?

 

Paul Hatton

Yosemite Sam

Mark Smith

Mike "Gator" Gados


(All time favorite "Tommy The Greek")

 

Don Trethaway- "Treth"
Peter Pan of Chicago
Stella

 

ah screw only listing three, list five or whatever you want, im having a blast looking at all these guys's work!!!

 

LOL totally different forum for that one HAHAHA

 

kenny johns
riverrat

 

in no particular order...

Dan Barnett
Von Franco
Jeff Shea

and McPhail is in there somewhere, too...I think he need to stripe MORE. (you readin' this Dennis?) He's a killer painter...but the stuff I have seen him stripe is Really freakin nice, too.

 

how about just one??

Jeff "Styles" a good friend and a excellent striper....

http://www.socalpinstriper.com/

 

Donn Varner (sp ?)
Ron Lussier
Art Summers

 

I'll second Jeff Shea and Dan Barnett and add Frank Palmer

 

In New englang it seems like its Larry Hook, he does excellant work & and also has a few sweet, historic cars( Norm Wallace roadster)
Charlie Decker is also up there & there use be aguy named Dave Jones in narragansett who was also great.
JimV

 

Wow there are so many whose work I idmire! A couple of local guys whose work I am always inspired by when I see it are Dan and Josh Shaw.
There is so much talent out there its amazing!

 

Bugs
Walt Prey
Mike Lamberson

 

I'll list the three that I've personally seen lay down awesome work:
Rod Powell
Jeff Styles
Steve VanDemon

 

Tommy the Greek.
Tommy the Greek.
Tommy the Greek.

 

I agree with Harms Way, listing Paul Hatton first. For over fifty years.
Tommy the greek.
Dean Jefferies.
Roth and Von Dutch wouldn't make my top list.

 

when you say pin striper . i hope you mean professional . not just some guy fucking around doing shit on the cheap . that has a normal job at his dads business . fucking up the economy.
bitter ? why yes .


tom kelley....like barron,roth and kelley

dennis rickliffs ..he's a ruler .

these two guys above have made hot rod history.

chazz ...18 years old and just killing it .

this kid is making hot rod history .



and this stuff ok too ..15 min .no drawing .just.. wham ! bam ! pay me man !

 

Three guys that I look to for some inspiration before I start a new piece...

Caffeine
Skratch
Ron Gibbs

 

yeah skratch i meant professional

 

WOW! I didn't think anyone here knew of Walt. PS-answer your PM's

 

I'll second the Donn Varner(yes it is spelled correctly).He was probably the first striper who inspired me to get into the business.November 1956 Rod and Custom.

Is Ron Lussier still alive? He striped Fred Steele's purple Deuce around 1954 or 55 and it is still on the car.

Art Summers was one of the unsung heroes of striping and definitely one of the first.

To be perfectly honest,ALL stripers are my favorite as they are contributing to the perpetuation of the art.

 

00Mack (anthony White) Von Dutch.Later Mike

 

Doug Dorr
Scratch
Tom Kelly
Also VonFranco

 

Being a striper myself listing only 3 is almost impossible. Here are a few favorites of mine though.

Louie Allison (louie)

Rocky Burris Jr. (Rocky Jr.)

Whiskey

Blaine-O

Ron Myers (Myers)

Anthony White (00 MACK)

Alan Johnson

Herb Martinez

Jr. Huff

...the list goes on, just because of all of the inspiration these people put out for me!

 

oh yeah totally, i realized how hard it was to list only three stripers after my firs initial post so please people list as many as you want!!!

 

this is a reason why anthony is one of the best, hope he doesnt mind me posting this, much respect!!!!

 

there so many great stripers to make a list would take all dayso i will list the ones i like oo mack nice lines and i watch him from when he started ,joe surply sr. also great air brush work, alan johnson just great, glen again , dr.j ,the one arm banit theres just to many i,m lucky when the pinheads were together a bunch stripe my 58 ford about 10 years agoat lead east