And Monty, do you want to bet the someone would start rattling on about the long straight boring trunk with the "unnatural" kink looking contrived and totally unrealistic.

:-)

Yeah, probably, this is a pretty common shape in nature when the top dies though, I've always liked the look myself.

Monty,

Waddaya know!

Someone has designed a dead spit for that tree - kink and all - and it spins around as well if you wait a bit.

Here is a link that might be useful: Spinning Black Pine?

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