Since american chestnut is, by definition, a wood only used in older furniture (it went virtually extinct in the early 20th century), I thought I might post this in the Neander forum. Klingspor's Woodworking shop in Raleigh, NC, has something for sale that is extremely rare - American Chestnut from freshly felled, non-blight trees. Recovered "wormy" chestnut isn't too hard to come by, but getting boards from undamaged, living trees is not an opportunity that will be repeated in your grandchildren's lifetime, much less ours.

These boards apparently came from a grove planted in Wisconsin in the 1910's, which escaped the blight. Some of the boards are clear, some have a few knots, all are 4/4. Widths vary between a low of 3.5 inches to a high of 8 inches, with most in the 5-6 inch range. Looks like there's about 300 bf left. Price is $9.95 a b.f.

Disclaimer - Other than being a regular customer, I've no connection with this business.