Well, I decided to bite the bullet and go with the 8x10 Tachihara from Midwest. Just ordered it off their website and hopefully it will beat me home by next Monday! I came to the realization that the center tilt didn't matter to me (not $600 worth of matter, anyway) and I loved the Osaka 4x5 that I had. It's my understanding that the Tachihara is basically identical, so I think I should be happy with it. Just ordered a bunch of stuff from Freestyle too, and I'm gonna try my hand at Lith printing as well.

Gotta love springtime.