[Agar4Life]

I think it should be made of laminated hardwoods.
We do it for gun stocks to reduce the flex of solidwood riflestocks. The same would make sense here. It also means that there will be fewer imperfections in the wood that create weakspots.

As far as wood choice... Ironwood? A good bit of Lignum vitae would be nice, hardest wood there is.
Purpleheart is always a nice looker.