COMPANY PROFILE · UPDATED 09 JUL 2026
Gauntlet
The Gauntlet, also known as Gauntlet Enterprises, was a body piercing business founded by Jim Ward that is considered the first business of its type in the United States and was the beginning of the body piercing industry.

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- 1975
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- 1–10
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- 7
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