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Old 04-14-2007   #34 (permalink)
koilvr
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Originally Posted by koiczar View Post
Just because this is the offspring of a particular fish does not automatically validate it's quality.

Erns

I agree with Russ, from the picture (which is not a good angle) I would wager a GUESS that it is female.

Mike
Reason I say so is because in my eyes the sumi displays the same characteristic as Musashi i.e a peppery one (my own terms) : one that develop from the outside to inside, one that consolidate lots of tiny freckels into a block of sumi later. this is different from say Shiro C which seems to have a sumi that is developed fron the inside to outside just like a typical showa. I will assume we have a better chance if having a tosai that display traits that imitate the way its oyagoi develop, off-course if we think the oyagoi is great and we want the offspring to be like the oyagoi.
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