I too have seen knots in stock wood, but most were small and add some natural character to them. But this is the first time seeing one this big.
You are right in saying that you never know what wood will give you once shaped down. Or even planed for that fact. I made a large purchase of black walnut last year of about 40 blanks. All were very rough sawn and filthy from sitting around for a long time. I didn't think that any of it was very nice stuff, just plain jane. But once I started to plane some of it down to thickness, I found some very nice surprises.
Chasing figure can be fun sometimes. If I get to planing down a thick piece and there is very nice figure on one side: guess where all of the excessing is coming off... the other side.
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