Great, hope yours are happy and healthy!
You’re right - KH seems a perfect contradiction between delicate and rugged.
I don’t think I will ever opt for full defoliation on these (if any) of my trees. Leaf cutting seems a much more balanced approach to me.
Indeed, scars heal very slowly, not sure if I’m going to have to go the route of artificially carved hollows on some of the big scars I have or just let them rot out naturally. Last option means I have to look at unnatural chop marks for a very long time though..
Any thoughts?