It's a Shimpaku - full of problems. A right angle near the base, long and gangly growth, nebari average, bar branches .... that said, I still purchased it.
Probably because I thought it was cheaply expensive - which makes no sense but I often don't make sense 
. So we'll all just live with that. 
Anyway - it looked like below when I purchased it. I thought I would make some form artsy cascade. Yet, I looked at it for a few months and decided I wanted a more squat, chunky tree. So I went reasonably hard on the longer growth and created a rough shari. Back then, I thought I went reasonably hard on the cut backs but I didn't really .... Some time later, I cut more branches off and wired others. Today it looks like this. I'll now make some further changes. Some trimming, more wiring and guy wires ....when I take it out of the training pot one day, I'll change the potting angle.
I am glad I purchased it but I am dancing in the dark a little. Just relying on some of the stuff I have learned and my gut.
so don't feel any obligation to change if you are happy with it as is.
