the technique of making tattooes leaves scars. traditional tools to make ta moko are albatross bone chisels and black ink. a maori tattoo takes a lot of time to do; generally the maori people start tattooing themselves in adolescence and they finish in adulthood. they take years to be finished. but a real ta moko is very painful. the tattoo artist removes your skin by making wide cuts with a mallet and either a turtle scale or an albatross bone. so it takes a long time and you suffer a lot.