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I've built a lot of things over the years besides a fire whilst in the bush. Fences, shelters, windbreaks, crude washstands and once helped build a small dock. I've used a bunch of different axes and within my collection are a few I really like. For a wilderness trip I carry an Estwing hatchet...

Well Hardwoods are available at a variety of dealers but remember they will cost in the region of £60 per cubic foot and extra if you want it planing to size So for rough cut timber thats £60 plus vat generally for a board 1 inch thick 12 inches wide and 12 foot long which sounds a lot of wood...

I just bought 250 bd ft of curly maple and 350 bd ft of white oak, in January, so I don't have room for more right now. I have visited Hearne's Hardwoods in PA off rt 1 in Knottingham, which is about 60 miles for me. I figure Hollister is about the same distance. Thanks...