for all you helmet haters

[tgward]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KGc-V5tnr0

[kcpoole]

Nice tree:-)
Thanks for posting

Ken

[Keels]

hmmm i normally don't enjoy click bait but that was enjoyable to watch.

[juan73870]

Nice video
good info
cool tree

[treeman]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KGc-V5tnr0

But how do you think all the ''helmets'' are started?
It just another green dome in the making.

[TimS]

“You don’t want to create a helmet” > proceeds to discuss rounding the top

Nice little tree though as it is

[MJL]

Hmmm...

I don't consider myself a helmet hater ...but there comes time when a bonsai looks almost weirdly perfect. What's a bonsai equivalent of an Uncanny Valley? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley. Perhaps it is not the right term for this discussion but it is the best I can think of in my lunch break.

Having found this video of my own accord recently, I found it helpful and the little tree looks good ... What it turns into in future ...who knows but as a little tree to have on a beginners bench or for that matter my bench ... I'd enjoy trying to care for it. Some years into the future - or more likely by design choices early, I'd hope that I choose forks in the road (or branches ) the avoided a trip to the Uncanny Valley

[tgward]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KGc-V5tnr0

But how do you think all the ''helmets'' are started?
It just another green dome in the making.

then this well designed and executed tree and the title of my post is perfectly described just for you.