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Lotus Needles Have Landed in Canada 🇨🇦
Hailed as “The World’s Best Needles, crafted for the World’s Best Artists”, we knew they’d be right at home here in Canada at Eikon. The brainchild of tattooers Ryan Ussher (🇦🇺) and TomTom (🇳🇿), Lotus Needles boasts a lineup of 60+ configurations that includes a mix of classics, and some potential new favourites like Medium Taper Liners, and Ultra Small 0.20mm (#06 gauge) Liners.
Known for their commitment to quality and performance, both Lotus Cartridges and Bar Needles are made using premium Japanese 316L stainless steel, and individually checked for a 99.8% perfection rate, meaning less throwaways. Lotus Cartridges come in boxes of 20, while their Bar needles come in boxes of 50.
Here’s a breakdown of the configurations.
LOTUS CARTRIDGES
Lotus Cartridges deliver the feel and performance of a true bar needle—with zero fluff, and unmatched consistency.
The box designs for all Lotus Cartridge needles were created by Capilli Tupou.
“No Gimmicks. No Compromise. Just the Best Needles in the World" - Lotus Needles (in their own words)
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CLASSIC LINER The Lotus Classic Liner is the perfect traditional needle shape, made with medium taper 0.35mm diameter (#12 gauge) needles, and a classic “straight” solder. These make super bold, solid lines, and can also be used for any round shading. SHOP CLASSIC LINERS |
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STANDARD LINER The Lotus Standard Liner is aptly named. It's the perfect standard precision, round liner--tightly soldered, and now in 0.35mm diameter (#12 gauge) needles, these make super solid lines that feel more sharp and accurate than what you’d achieve with a Lotus Classic liner. These are the same as the Lotus “Manawa Tapu” liners. |
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BUGPIN TIGHT LINER Lotus Bugpin Tight Liners are available in both Medium and Long tapers. Made using tighter 0.25mm (#08 gauge) needles soldered tight enough to create a super sharp line, while still achieving optimum ink flow, they’re perfect for sharp lines and detail. |
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FINE LINER Lotus Fine Liners are made with medium taper, fine 0.30mm (#10 gauge) needles. They have almost the same solder end point as their Classic liners with a slightly different shape that provides a more stable ink flow and overall stability. Tight enough to create a super sharp line but still achieve optimum ink flow. Perfect for small and fine line detail. |
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ULTRA SMALL LINER Lotus Ultra Small Liners are made with ultra-small 0.20mm (#06 gauge) needles, and are the perfect tool to reach for when a piece calls for tiny fine line work and stippling. |
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ROUND SHADER The Lotus Round Shader is kind of like a long taper, more open version, of their Classic Liner. They’re made with the same slightly tapered solder, and 0.35mm diameter (#12 gauge) needles. |
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MAGNUM Lotus Long Taper Flat Magnum tattoo needles are available in 0.35mm diameter (#12 gauge) needles. They’re great for smooth shading and packing in colour, with less trauma to the skin. |
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CURVED (SOFT EDGE) MAGNUM Lotus Long Taper Curved Magnum tattoo needles are made with 0.30mm diameter (#10 gauge), or thicker 0.35mm (#12 gauge), needles. They’re great for smooth shading and creating smooth gradations, with less trauma to the skin. |
Lotus Traditional Bar Needles
New Zealand tattoo artist TomTom set out to make the perfect bar needle, made with the best possible ingredients, by the best possible experts. After a two-year journey of development, TomTom finally had a product that felt like the needles he used to make by hand. Each size and grouping was carefully designed to work for expert traditional tattooers, and every single needle is checked for imperfections by a highly trained team. With the highest grade 316L Japanese steel needles, stronger needle bars, and 100% lead-free solder, you can be certain that every ingredient is the best possible quality, which is what your clients deserve. For the smoothest, blackest lines, the most solid colour, and the smoothest greys, Lotus tattoo needles are unmatched around the world.
The box Designs for all Lotus Bar needles were created by Manawa Tapu.
"For the smoothest, blackest lines, the most solid colour, and the smoothest greys."- Lotus Needles (in their own words)
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FINE LINER Lotus Fine Liners are made with medium taper, fine 0.30mm (#10 gauge) needles. They have almost the same solder end point as the Classic Liners, with a slightly different shape that provides a more stable ink flow and overall stability. Tight enough to create a super sharp line, but still achieve optimum ink flow. Perfect for small and fine line detail. |
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CLASSIC LINER The Lotus Classic Liner is the perfect traditional needle shape, made with medium taper 0.35mm diameter (#12 gauge) needles, and a classic “straight” solder. These make super bold, solid lines, and can also be used for any round shading. |
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MANAWA TAPU STANDARD LINER Manawa Tapu is the perfect standard precision, round liner. Tightly soldered, and now in 0.35mm diameter (#12 gauge) needles, these liners make super solid lines that feel more sharp and accurate than what you’d achieve with a Lotus Classic Liner. These are the same needles used in the Standard Cartridge Liners. |
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MAGNUM Lotus Long Taper Flat Magnum tattoo needles are available in 0.35mm diameter (#12 gauge) needles. They’re great for smooth shading and packing in colour, with less trauma to the skin. |
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CURVED (SOFT EDGE) MAGNUM Lotus Long Taper Textured Curved Magnum tattoo needles are made with 0.35mm (#12 gauge) needles. They’re great for smooth shading and creating smooth gradations, with less trauma to the skin. |
Check out the full range of cartridge needles we carry in the Eikon store, including:
Our own Eikon Cartridges are backed by 30+ years of setting the standard for tattoo needle-making from Canada’s Tattoo Supply Store, homebase Kingston, ON. Every liner has an internal stabilization system, the full RL to SRL to HRL progression, and colour-coded diameter identification (Purple, Blue, Red), make this a complete tattoo cartridge system. 50+ configurations across 6 groupings, they’re the most competitively priced professional cartridges in our store.
Kwadron Cartridges offer 50+ configurations, with their own stabilization system and medical-grade plastic tips designed to reduce friction and keep needles sharper, longer. Kwadron is known industry-wide for manufacturing precision and consistent groupings across their full product line. With three diameters, and two taper lengths, it’s the broadest lineup of cartridge needles that Eikon carries.
Cheyenne Safety Cartridges have a patented safety membrane design from Germany, with Standard and Premium lines. Premium cartridge needles feature a longer taper grind, tighter soldering, and their shortest soldering length for the crispest lines.
TEX Cartridges, designed by James Tex (Ink Master, world-renowned artist) are built around the 37 configurations he uses most. They feature 316H steel, precision-honed tips, and biodegradable packaging.
