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Old 08-30-2005   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by JR
Sorry, I have to disagree, that 101 sanke has plenty of quality. You had to see it live and close to appreciate how amazing that koi really was. The color was youthful and of classic matsunsuke quailty. It was amazing to see a fish with three dimensions to it scale and fukurin skin areas. The sumi was thick even on a three dimensional skin and scale surface.
Can you say that if the Sanke was not 101cm would it still have a chance at beating the SFF Kohak? Also, Japanese judging seem to give more consideration to unfinished sumi on Showa do they do the same with Sanke?
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