| Best Advice on buying Showas and Sankes
The best advice I ever received when buying Shoaw or Sanke is to "Buy the Red and Bet on the Black and White." Bob Spindola, a dear departed koi teacher, used to emphaisize in his koi buying seminars to select Showas and Sankes with a nice strong kohaku pattern and very strong even hiban. Weak or lack of Hiban pattern is rarely improved by the random developent and placement of Sumi. Unless it does!!
Showas are the hardest koi to predict - even by their breeders. I was once at igiroshi Kazuto and saw a really nice three year old Showa. I asked about it and was told a big mistake. He explained he made a mistake and thought it had a poor future and sold as baby koi cheap. He shook his head and said Showas make you dumber. He bought it back for many many times more than he sold it for to try and learn not to make many mistakes like that again.
I hope your Showa is also an exception and it makes you feel smarter.
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