# Wood gathering before metal tools **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Tags:** tools-electric-diy\ **Created:** [March 8, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wood-gathering-before-metal-tools/960694 "2022-03-08T17:39:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wood-gathering-before-metal-tools/960694/61 "2022-03-11T00:23:25Z")
Were you cozy warm or just surviving? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2022, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wood-gathering-before-metal-tools/960694/62 "2022-03-12T02:35:36Z")
By spoiled modern, first-world standards, surviving. But I imagine that someone from a tougher era would have found it plenty cozy enough. EDIT: And that was with a hasty and inexpertly-built shelter. An outdoorsman with more both experience and time might well have been able to make something even a spoiled modern would have considered cozy. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2022, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wood-gathering-before-metal-tools/960694/63 "2022-03-12T02:58:50Z")
I have collected firewood this way, when camping. If you have enough territory, I imagine this would be adequate. If not, coppicing, as @MrDibble suggests, produces a high density of easy-to-process firewood in a modest area. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wood-gathering-before-metal-tools/960694.md?page=3)