Knoxville sits deeper in the interior South, where humidity swings between seasons test every glue line and every leaf of veneer in ways that Kirkwood's makers rarely encounter, and it is precisely here that Black Limba's golden brown heartwood, shot through with those grey-to-black veins, must prove it can hold its drama without warping or checking under stress. Rosebud's flitch consistency matters in this market because Knoxville's custom shops and architectural millworkers are matching panels across large residential installations where the sapwood's pale greyish-yellow tones drift so subtly into the figured heartwood that any disruption in sequence becomes immediately visible. The color will deepen with age, which means the craftspeople here must plan not just for the veneer they receive but for the veneer it will become — a calculation that grows more precise when the supply chain behind it remains unwavering. That same long-view thinking carries the material westward toward Kohler, where the relationship between water, surface, and wood
