Shannon Larratt is Zentastic

Rachel and I met with their Canadian rep/distributor to check out Studex's System 75… it's their latest gun which attempts to address the majority of the contamination issues, as well as being able to pierce in up to 14ga and 12ga using everything from traditional butterfly studs to threaded curved barbells in titanium. We also saw their other tools including their jewelry line, stretching kits, and so on, but my focus will probably be the System 75:

It was largely what we expected; a system that probably works (on the basics anyway) 90% as well as the average piercer 90% of the time. Or something like that. I have a ton of samples, including stuff that's not for sale in the United States yet… so… if anyone in Toronto wants to volunteer to be a guinea pig for a navel piercing and basic nose and ear work, drop a line to Rachel please.

Update: We have everyone we need for this experiment. Thanks to all the volunteers!

The full article will probably come out in about two weeks — I'm waiting for their lawyer to provide studies disproving (or not) some of the complaints people have with guns, as well as waiting for their new pricing for these devices to be finalized. To be very clear, my goal is not to promote, recommend, or shred these tools. I just want to give an objective take on what they are, how they work, and, then from a subjective point of view, give my take on what we should do with them if anything.