@seraph: Its been more than a few years since I had the back of my hands done. I do remember the swelling though. Either way, like I wrote, thats a kick ass tattoo...
@chaserider: Yeah it's swollen quite a bit. Advil helps keep the swelling down a little, as well as helping with the pain. I'm glad I purposefully had him start the tattoo a little higher up than my knuckles though. Already had a few close calls at work.