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Really nice, Yvan!
Regarding the comment about weight... there may be other choices of woods that will provide beauty and strength, but with lighter weight. Bamboo can be very attractive, and it's a very renewable resource!
Also, I realize your forte may be woodworking, but perhaps composite materials could also provide a nice shell. I've heard a lot in the last decade about creating faux-wood objects using crushed walnut shells mixed in a paste (of what, I don't remember). Advantages are, you're recycling waste walnut shells, not chopping down trees (not that that's really at issue here), you're working with molds instead of shaping wood, and variations in the mix can result in different "wood" appearances and textures.
Just throwing that out...
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