Contact any of the various wood suppliers mentioned here. You should. Request photos of both sides but almost anyone recommended here is of good repute and would want you to be happy with your blank. There is also a guy on ebay known as analretentivegm that has nice blanks at reasonable prices. It's really not risky when you're dealing with the straight shooters and there are several. At $1400 (does that include checkering?) you can do pretty well on your own by subbing the machining and checkering out and buying a nice blank on your own. My perspective on the matter, of course.
