Anyone here made their own crawfish paddle out of wood?

I've never carved one but I've been gifted a few made form old barn cypress.

Cypress would be good enough. Soft enough for easy woodwork, and pretty water resilient.

So would cypress wood be good if you could get that kinda wood?

I made one out of an oak floorboard, because I had one lying around. I had no diagrams or plan; just a piece of wood, a router, and a little time on my hands. The shaft turned out krooked as hell, but it reminds me of my old house every time I stir the pot.

I understand this is a wooden paddle thread but I have one of these for crawfish and I love it.
40" Stainless Stir Spoon

I made one from about a 10 foot tall cypress tree that we had to remove when we put in a pool.

I hated to see the tree go, so decided to make something from it. The size of the trunk was about perfect width of the paddle. I used a wood burner to add some personal touches.

Im no professional wood carver, but it came out nice enough