You're not telling us you bought an ex-demo tree are you Chris after all the discussion elsewhere??????

;-)

I'll have a look at your article. I always find them interesting and informative.

Neagari is an unusual style and like bunjin, I can't quite my head around them but it looks to be extremely healthy and developing well.

This was back in the day when I was young, and dumb, and full of....energy. And it wasn't a demo tree, although that year I did see a well known "bonsai master" kill a fine collected juniper due to nothing but ego and beer! This wasn't a demo tree, it was a class tree, where you pays your money and picks your number. This was the tree I received, all of the trees were exposed root black pines.

Chris

Here is a link that might be useful: Sashi-eda Bonsai

Interested in the use of the re-bar.

Did you use this as an extention to the trunk to give more leverage. Doesn't it slip?

I ask, as I'm trying to crank a branch on a juniper to form a cascade apex using a raffia wrap, 2mm copper and 6mm ali wire and haven't got to far with it as there's not much to grab onto.

Could be a solution.

It's important to anchor the wire holding the rebar well both at the point you want to bend and farther out on the branch. This article I wrote for another forum might help you more. It's not exactly the same operation but it is the same procedure for getting leverage.

Here is a link that might be useful: Rebar for leverage

Thanks for that Chris.