The problem is that actual wood doesn't grow into neatly organized categories. There is a whole continuous spectrum from "firewood" all the way to "Holy Grail"......
So say you split this into 5 categories... Below A, A, AA, AAA, and Master.... There is a ton of wood that doesn't make the cut to AAA - but just barely. And so now that stuff is AA - but it's better than a lot of AA that is in the stack.
And wood suppliers recognize this..... Often as not - when you talk with them - not only are there the "normal" grades - but there are slots between the grades as well.... It's just the nature of wood....
Several years ago - Shane ran a special for us and got rid of a giant stack of "A" grade wood that fell out because of knots... If not for the knots - it would be AAA or Master it's just that beautiful. And it's WAY WAY better than Ordinary A grade wood I have normally received. But that's wood..... Trees don't always plan ahead 400 years as we might like them to.
