I do not see why you could't, unless the fork is now bent from riding it that way.
I hating cutting forks short and unless the customer demanded it I never cut them any shorter than a half to full inche of extra space. that gives you alot of options if you ever need to replace the HS and give you a bit more height on the stem.
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