Dailey typically worked with something sharper than cotton swabs. He opened one of Spokane's earliest tattoo shops, Tiger Tattoo, in 1978. It's now the longest-running tattoo parlor in Spokane.

Tattooers Max Shafer, left, and Mike Wheeler, right, pose for a portrait at Easy Tiger Custom Tattoo in Durham, N.C. on Wednesday, June 21, 2023. Wheeler opened the shop in 2018.