Thanks alot everyone, Joanie - I did the mite test, all is well.
So the concensus is leave him be, keep him not too wet, but not too dry and see how he comes on.
As for form, as you might be able to tell from the full tree pic, there's a couple of forward and downward pointing branches on the left hand side that displease me
The general shape I think is pretty nice though, I can envisage a pretty nice canopy later on.
The taper isn't bad IMO, and I love the bark, it really is very interesting/detailed and it does help with the maturity illusion.
The nebari IMO is a bloody mess so I'd like to sort that out too, and there's some nice ramification, but the general branch/twig situation is a bit of a tangled mess.
So, this is what I can see needs doing:-
Possible lowering of tree into pot (pot is quite deep so there should be quite a lot of rootball to loose)
Major pruning to remove forward/downward pointers and to create a good branch/twig structure
repotting?
So what's my plan? Do I wait till the start of spring and do it all in a relatively short period so as to not prolong stress? Is there anything you would do now?
Or do I just trunk chop and start again?
Any advice appreciated
Cheers
JF