Rare Vintage Cast Brass Joe Kaplan Shader Tattoo Machine Plus Parts SALE

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Rare Vintage Cast Brass Joe Kaplan Shader Tattoo Machine. Last chance! I have an extra vintage Kaplan yoke, an extra kap contact screw and another vintage brass contact a screw, and some lightly used and NOS vintage binding posts I’ll add as well since your spending a fair amount on this one. Once I get my old springs out of storage I’ll include a few extra springs as well. I try to include a little something with every deal, I’m almost out of parts at this point but I’ll continue to honor that through out this sale.
Late 1990s-early 2000s Vintage Joe Kaplan shader in excellent used condition. Here it is, the rarest machine I have. It’s estimated to be 1 of 6, but there could be a few more out there. 6 was the only confident answer I got when digging for info. Actually I couldn’t find much info on these at all but Jason Stone and a couple others were helpful. Apparently Joe wasn’t fond of working with brass so he only made some for his close friends. All the parts are original except the rear spring, and I’m not sure if the A bars right. I added 4 vintage iron and steel Armature bars, and 6 vintage springs. I think that’s an extra kap front spring but I’m not 💯 sure, one the extra rear springs is a Kaplan for sure. It runs great, no alignment issues or any performance problems. The rear coil could use a shim though. The only real flaw is the wear on the coil wraps, and they aren’t wires through the washer holes though I don’t know if they have holes, could be wired like superior coils, not sure. The frames pretty much perfect, same with the binding posts and nickel plated brass contact screw. Thanks for checking out my store, please make your payment within 24 hours. You’ll need some feedback to purchase this one or it’ll have to be a direct transaction. I may be open to shipping overseas, we’ll see.