All the stuff I've seen has a fair amount of figure, most of the larger stuff cut from old fence rows. Farmers used to plant it because it worked well for windbreaks and could be cut to make rot resistant fence posts. Small mill owners don't like to work the hedgerow stuff because of the strong possibility of running into metal and/or trash embedded in the wood.
I've had a small amount cut from felled trees and found it to be dimensionally unstable with a tendency to twist or move when it's worked to expose new surfaces. It's beautiful, but I'd choose something else for larger sections that I wanted to stay put. Maybe there's some larger stuff out there that doesn't display those attributes but I haven't seen it.
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