For hickory or oak splints, you may want to contact a basket-making company, even though you're working on furniture. For example, I'm aware of the Day Basket Company in northeast Maryland that still makes baskets by hand. Good luck! -- M. A. van Balgooy mailto:[log in to unmask] Chaffey Communities Cultural Center & Cooper Regional History Museum PO Box 772 Upland, CA 91785-0772 Telephone (909) 982-8010 Website: http://www.culturalcenter.org Homestead Museum 15415 East Don Julian Road Industry, CA 91745-1029 Telephone (818) 968-8492 Fax (818) 968-2048 Website: http://www.homesteadmuseum.org