Kathalla

Okoume... I'm still not sure whether to pronounce that with two, three, or four syllables, but it's a wood that I've been curious about for a while. Some sites describe it as a member of the mahogany family and just as workable, while I've also seen commentary to the contrary, and one worrisome line on a listing for okoume veneer described its weight as equal to balsa, and I certainly hope it's denser (and harder) than that! We'll see. This will also be a practice run for my most expensive future build idea, in the form of single-piece sapelle veneer.