Novice has been asked to make a wooden stick for using in feet Reflexology
treatment. Basically its like a very fat tube shaped pen (about 15mm dia
and 150mm long) with a shaped end. But it could be put under quite a bit
of pressure,
sideways.

So what would be a good wood to use, that is not so likely to snap in half
and would also be fairly readily available in north london u.k. Thanks