I no longer worry about the grain direction of mahogany as long as it is either QS or flat. Flat sawn mahogany necks are perfectly fine and as mentioned if one really wants vertical grain you can just rotate and laminate it. I actually like how the QS stripe comes right along the edge of the fretboard on a flat sawn neck.
But anyway I've almost always bough mahogany boards and sawn necks from that but have also purchased from LMI, West Penn and Hibbon. There are quite a few good options out there
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