Heart Pierced by Dagger Chest Tattoo

A bright red heart pierced by a cream dagger with a gold curled guard, black-and-gold wrapped handle and long pointed blade, centered on the upper chest.

Style: Old school
Placement: Chest, Upper chest
Motif: Dagger, Heart
Good for: Matching
Mood: Bold, Color
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About this design

What the design shows

A red heart forms the center of this vertical traditional emblem. Its two upper lobes are rounded and glossy, with small pink-red highlights near their inner curves; the lower point sits around a pale dagger blade. The dagger enters from above through the heart’s center. A black handle wrapped with short gold bands rises to a round gold pommel, and a narrow red diamond sits in the grip. The gold crossguard curls outward at both ends and carries a small red circle in the middle. Below the heart, the cream blade tapers to a long point with a dark central edge. Thick black contours separate the heart, handle, and blade, and no banner, drops, or flames surround them. On the chest preview it is centered under the collarbones, roughly palm-long, with the pommel upward and the blade following the sternum.

In this design

bright red heart
vertical cream dagger
gold curled guard
black wrapped handle
red grip diamond
long pointed blade

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Placement

Placement and size

The design sits on the upper chest centerline, using the sternum as a guide for the handle, heart, and blade. A forearm, shin, calf, or upper arm gives the same vertical shape a similarly stable path. Palm length lets the guard curls and two heart lobes retain their distinct forms. For a smaller tattoo, widen the blade and simplify the handle bands before shrinking the red diamond. Keep the heart evenly balanced on both sides of the dagger rather than rotating it with the chest curve.

Patchwork

Building it into a patchwork

This emblem has strong red mass in the middle but a slim top and bottom, so it acts as a compact anchor in a traditional flash set. A swallow or small rose can sit off either shoulder of the heart, while stars can fill the space above the guard. Do not add a second long dagger directly beside it. The blade point needs a clean skin channel below it, and the heart’s black outer line needs room from neighboring red pieces. Gold details connect it easily to other classic color flash.

Small pieces that pair with it

A tiny gold star above the pommel
A small red rosebud beside the left heart lobe
Two black dots beneath the blade point

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For your artist

Notes for your tattoo artist

01Center the heart lobes around the dagger before outlining the blade.
02Keep the guard curls equal so the chest composition does not lean.
03Make the red diamond in the handle large enough to survive the chosen scale.

Made and reviewed

How this design was made

Design: Generated with AI image tools under our direction, then reviewed by the Patchwork Tattoos team: a readable outline, the same design in the clean and on-skin views, and a reviewed Builder piece.
Page notes: Written from the clean design and the on-skin preview of this exact design, then checked against both pictures.
Last reviewed: 2026-10-03
Your tattoo: A concept for planning. Your artist will redraw it for your skin, placement and size, so the finished tattoo will differ from the image.
License: Free to download and use as the reference for your own tattoo and to share with your artist. Selling the file or republishing it in a collection is not allowed.

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