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Ta, it's perhaps irrational worry.
Surly a good shout. I already have a spare 26 qr Disc Trucker fork (a-c 376mm) so could maybe frankenbike it with a different wheel... I have a spare mavic cross-ride front since I got the Swytch wheel.... else make an e-frankenbike out of the Kaff & restore the inbred to a trail centre fun bike... there's probably other flaws in that idea though.
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I think Spa do something along those lines, they also stock the surly ones, maybe the 700c disc trucker would work. It will look a bit funny with your tapered headtube because it's a straight steerer. But that's going to be the case with all steel forks.
Ye if you're worried about carbon (rationally or not) might as well get a nice safe steel one :) Although those forks cracking is mostly - I think - due to manufacturing defects so if it hasn't broken yet, it probably isn't going to. The case I think you're referring to was the bikes first ride, there was probably something wrong with that fork out of the factory and as soon as it was ridden, it broke.