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Jason,
Please bear with me. Are we talking about two different things? The person who started this thread, erwinsan, said:
"I recently heard something interesting and new to me regaring sumi development. I heard that sumi develops from the back-end/tail section of koi and develops forward to the head section/front of the fish."
Then you said in your reply to my question:
[quote=JasonS]Dale, I wish I could explain it better but I think Dick explained it about as well as I ever could: This is the essential part of the lesson we were being taught over the weekend, I think. It was also couched in judging a koi; the sumi near the front is judged more important than that near the back.
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I thought we were discussing sumi development, which erwinsan said would develop from back to front. You are talking about judging sumi on the day in a koi show and indicating sumi importance in judging is from front to back? Is that correct? Exactly opposite of sumi development?
My question was if I were considering a sanke or showa that had better sumi on the back and it was still developing, would it be safe to assume that the potential of the sumi at the front would eventually improve to be similar to nice sumi that had developed at the back?
I apologize if I wasn't clear or didn't explain my question.
Dale
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