If you have a choice ...

[dinh]

if you have a choice to pick one of these Maruyama tosai kohaku for your best koi buddy birthday, which one you pick? Reason? and of course, how do you like other?

[koiczar]

And to think, there's many more to choose from than these 8!! What a bonanza!! All same quality, some even better than these!

[marco]

That's my contribution ....

[marco]

Hope this will be better

[kingkong]

Thanks Marco. Lets see, I would pick #5 for the mask or #3 and chance the face and is there anything I can do for you today Dinh my good friend?

[marco]

The 5 seems to be perfect if the perfect kohaku exist ...
Marco

[RayJordan]

I love Maruyama kohaku's. I hav ebeen fortunate to have Futo Maruyama visit us at our home and also have visited him on every trip to Japan. He stresses selection of conformation 1st but then really stresses to select best hi. You want soft but shiny hi that is thick and consistant. He stresses focusing on hi sheen and quality. When you have a tub of his kohaku's it is easy to get caught up in pattern and hi color. Take a step back andone or two will seem to glow from an inner light. Give those special glowing koi a good 2nd look.

[Kohaku]

I like six, then 4 looks pretty good too(not for shows, but just for looks).

[Regenmeneer]

Good point Ray!

Everytime I see maruyama Kohaku, they look distinctly different than kohaku from other breeders. Not just the erratic, bold pattern, but the very special beni as well. Very lustrous!

I like #4 because of the head shape and nice shiroji on the head. Don't particularly like the pointy head on #5, and don't fancy the Tsuke Tsuki pattern.

Wish I would run into some of his Kohaku overhere, I'd love to own one (or more).

Regenmeneer

[dinh]

Quote: Originally Posted by marco Hope this will be better

Thanks Marco - your help is greatly appreciated.
Next time, I will ask you to help before posting....

--Dinh