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104-Year-Old Great-Grandpa World's Oldest Person to Receive First Tattoo

Jack Reynolds of Chesterfield, UK, is now the world's oldest person to receive their first tattoo. The ink was done at local tattoo shop, called Pete Who's.
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ByNICOLE PELLETIERE
April 08, 2016, 5:49 PM

— -- A British great-grandfather has set a new world record for being the oldest person to receive his first tattoo, Guinness World Records confirmed to ABC News.

Jack Reynolds, of Chesterfield, UK, went under the needle on his 104th birthday at local tattoo shop "Pete Who's."

The centenarian had "Jacko 6.4.1912" tattooed on his upper arm. The ink shows his nickname, in his own handwriting, and his birth date April 6, 1912.

Jack Reynolds of Chesterfield, UK, is now the world' s oldest person to receive their first tattoo.
Guinness World Records

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Before getting his record-breaking tattoo, Reynolds told "Good Morning Britain" that he was "apprehensive," but "looking forward to it."

His daughter Jayne Goodwin, 55, and grandson Shane Spencer, 35, also got the same tattoo.

Jack Reynolds went under the needle on his 104th birthday, April 6, 2016.
Guinness World Records

"My emotions, they were just all over the place," Goodwin said prior to her father receiving the acknowledgment. "I had been through a blubber at one point, but this guy was just as cool as a cucumber."

Guinness World Records adjudicator Mark McKinley surprised Reynolds with his certificate on April 7, while he was surrounded by his family. The category of the World’s Oldest Person to receive a Tattoo had not been previously set, according to Guinness. Reynolds is the first to hold the record.

Jack Reynolds had "Jacko 6.4.1912" tattooed on his upper arm.
Guinness World Records

While getting inked, the former railway line foreman raised $3,400 for independent charity Ashgate Hospicecare.

Reynolds joked that his tattoo "shows off his muscles."

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