> 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

Bend it. If it breaks don't use it. Glass of a small scrap, wait till it set, then do your best scrapping. If it sticks, I guest it does no harm to use it.