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Old 12-20-2006   #21 (permalink)
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Don has a good point

Many times it seems "unfinished" and "tategoi" are used interchangeably, but they really aren't. To my way of thinking Tategoi is a term rightly applied to a fish that will improve by finishing as it changes (a ragged pattern that consolodates, a thin body that fills out, etc...). A "non-tategoi" can be just as beautiful, but the final result is already visible (good body, stable pattern) but in its unfiished form. An unfinished fish is much easier to pick out of the crowd than a tategoi to me.
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