Esther;
If you'd like some "pre-grown, cut and dried" bamboo, tell me the diameter and length you want.
We had a hard freeze this past winter, and the timber bamboo behind the pond at the office was a victim. It's regrowing from the roots, but in the mean time we have 40 and 50 footers drying in the sun. Some of these are pushing 5+ inches in diameter at the base. Not a big deal to cut some to "spec" and ship it if you're interested.
Methinks you could make one heck of a "deer-knocker" with bamboo that big. (And maybe violate the local noise ordinance at the same time!)
Roark