In article , Phisherman
wrote:

I prefer oak or maple
due to the lower prices and lower demand.

Red oak is about half the price of the steamed cherry here, but nice
maple is pricier. I was looking at a couple of pieces of birdseye maple
at about $12 CAD / bf but they weren't exceptional.

We don't have a huge selection here in the middle of the Canadian
prairie, in a city of 225,000.