I have stripped up about 6 inches on my Guillemot L and I am bound and determined to use some cedar I have cut off my own place. It is predominately whiteish so I purchased some red to suppliment. My question is how much trouble am I getting into if I use some cedar with knots? The knots have survived sawing, resawing, cove and bead routing and are still tight, sound and hard. If I manage to get them sanded without them becoming "proud" will I run into other surprises later? I'm not lazy, I have removed a lot of them, but some are just pretty and look good. Thanks