I would suggest being careful with Cook Woods... they are clueless about much of the wood they sell and shoot from the hip an awful lot. Their glaring errors in about every aspect involving the science of wood to the layout of stock blanks coupled with the fact their wood is all kiln-dried would be non-starters for me.
There is a very high probability the wood is stressed during drying and the planer removes all the proof of it. And they want very high prices for many pieces that are completely unsuited for making a stock.
Good point. Some of their blanks are listed as kiln dried and others say that they are air dried. I found it a little confusing but they seemed to have a decent variety. I have never personally dealt with them.
I called and they directly told me their blanks are kilned... I find nothing on the individual descriptions of any of the blanks I looked at that said air-dried, but there maybe many I missed or did not look at.
I see quite a few with obvious sticker stain, brown rot, and huge fore arm lateral run-out... and they are priced way steep for the product, IMO.
Dressell's has always done me well on blanks.
