Board is out of traction!!! The lost 1/4 of an inch of nose rocker has been recovered so trimming up of the deck can begin, this can be done carefully with a short blade jig saw or very carefully with a router!!! My block planes have been sharpened to within an inch of their lives so I have been using those, besides the sound of a sharp plane taking shavings is fab. After the deck is trimmed I will cut and sand the nose to take the nose blocks with the same at the tail....cheers all.