Coppicing trees for spear shafts and other tools

[Peroni]

I'd like to know if anyone in the UK Roman community has explored the possibility of acquiring coppiced ash for pila shafts? .. or could?

It's definately possible. My father-in-law is in the timber export trade, mainly willow and ash for the cricket bat industry in India. I'll ask.

Back 2000 years ago, in Britannia, there was no need for coppicing! the great woods were full of ash, and as they are great at seeking the light they tended to grow straighter toward the canopy. Nice long straight poles!