Thanks guys.
If I had to do it over again I would have used the walnut or mesquite wood.
I took it out for a test run yesterday and found out real quick I had to modify it.
I had cut the notch in the one side for my thumb and the other side for my index finger.
All worked well.
BUT on the right hand side on the back where it is sharp started eating the bottom of my palm and it hurt.
Last night I filed this away and rounded it a little to take away the sharp point.
So if I had it to do over I would have made it longer.
Maybe even something like a hatchet handle or the end of a baseball bat.
Worth