Erik Dakota was a body piercer and a visionary at a time when the modern body piercing scene was just taking shape and gaining steam in the early 1990’s. Under the tutelage of Fakir Musafar , Erik pushed the envelope of what was already being done in the body piercing world a little further. He experimented with and perfected placement of piercings in the ear that had not yet been done before. He allowed the first recipients of some of these new experimental piercings to name them; the “rook” and the “daith” piercings being two of those piercings that are still done today… every day. He also forged new paths by figuring out the logistics of having a single piece of jewelry go through 2 or more piercings at once. This led to the wild ear masterpieces that he created , that led him to coin the term for them… the “Industrial Ear Project”. This piercing, of course, has spawned the popularity and the name of the ever-popular “Industrial” piercing that is done quite often nowadays.
Erik Dakota performing live at a benefit for BodyM in 2003
EARMAGEDDON 2012 News Update:
The start date is set for March 1st, which is when INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH will begin accepting applications from professional body piercers all over the world to enter the second coming of their Ear Project Challenge, EARMAGEDDON 2012. The last day that entries will be taken will be July 31st. We know that some of you out there have already got some projects in the works, and we can’t wait to see what you guys come up with this year! We will post the rules here on the Contests page a couple of days before then. There will be some changes to some things from the previous year, but nothing too major.
There will be an addition of an “old school” category… for entrants who use basic jewelry that was available in the 90′s. There have been some pretty cool basic jewelry ear projects than have been executed over the years, by some pretty talented earchitects. We wanted to pay homage to where it all came from by giving the genre its own prizes. All who qualify to enter the “old school” category will also be entered into the main category.
from body piercer Bryan Thomas of Tenessee USA
from body piercer Seth Dietz of Oregon USA
from body piercer Rob Hill from Iowa USA
All the way to the left is three TBB (Titanium Barbell) connected together at each corner of the triangle with two threaded ends that when combined, form a double sided threaded end that pivots. Going counter-clockwise from the bottom left: But wait, there’s more
These items will be available to be ordered very soon. I wanted to get you all excited about what is on the horizon.
In this picture there are three orbits. The two on the bottom are orbits that are already in our catalog (TBFGO3 & TBFG04). They both have the TBJI-3/32”(Titanium Ball Joint Internal-3/32”) screwed on to cover all of th…e threads. Attached to each of the TBJI, is a TPRBJ-3/32”… and those two ends combined, create a double sided But wait, there’s more
These items will be available to be ordered very soon. I wanted to get you all excited about what is on the horizon.
Pictured on the left, is a little thing I threw together (a body jeweler could too!). It consists of a TUH6 (Titanium Universal Hub-6 hole), that has screwed into it a TBJ-3/32” (Titanium Ball Joint-3/32”) on the bottom, and two TFPGO2-4mm (in the catalog) and one TFPGO2-6mm (in the catalog) on the top. Screwed on over each of the opposite But wait, there’s more
On Facebook we have reached the 2000 fan benchmark, and we will now give away some jewelry. In order to win, you must go to Facebook “like” and “comment” on this picture of this sweet little mixture of some of our faux-pal jewelry. Only those who follow these directions But wait, there’s more
Hear ye hear ye! Lend us your ears!!! Industrial Strength Corporation kicks off the FIRST EVER piercing contest!!! Click the banner to check it out.
We are almost ready to unleash I.S.’s body piercing contest on the world! The last few things to be done are just about in place. Stay tuned, as it has the makings of quite the epic event 
Hello all of you retail-ees out there! Check out our new FB shop locator, and find the nearest INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH retailer near you! Click on the “Locations” tab, find your nearest shop, and go show them some love! Tell them that I.S. sent you! 
TDFMGE3 = Titanium Double-Flared “Triple Row” Multi-Gem Eyelets…these beauties are machined from a solid piece of 6AL4V ELI F-136 implant grade titanium, and the gems are set with 2mm SWAROVSKI ZIRCONIA. The gems in this pair are all White CZ, but you can order them… in any color combo that you desire! 
