tree slices/discs

[birchy]

Was just a lucky guess. I've never bought any but at the end of the day, price/quality will be the deciding factor. At least with eBay, you get to see what you're buying...

You might have more luck asking this question in the (or some other) woodworking forum: General Metal & Wood Working


EDIT:
A quick Google threw this one, which has some nice links for suppliers 'oop north... http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=59342
They use round tree blanks for carving bowls, so might be worth adding that to your search.

[m_c]

justsomewood

[martin54]

Already did that thanks Birchy, from the other search I did I found that another option was bowl blanks so looked at that as well, got a number of places to call mainly places like sawmills that cut the blanks themselves. Couple are mentioned in that link you have posted thanks.
m_c I did think about searching for firewood suppliers but then thought that what they would have & sell would be to small a diameter, maybe completely wrong about that lol.

[Clive S]

Something like these:-
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[dazza]

get on this forum martin theres sure to be lads on there local to you,ive dealt with one or two of em.
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[m_c]

Anything from 4" upwards can end up as logs, it just depends on what's available.

[martin54]

Thanks for all the pointers people, bowl blanks might not be an option as it seems they remove all the bark & make them pretty much round so they are better balanced when put on a wood lathe. I want them with the bark on so I will keep looking.

Something like these:- Clive they would do at a push but they are a bit on the small side lol