Wood Shoto "Tatascan" Wakizashi Short Sword

I make these myself using all natural products.  I was on a short term mission trip to Honduras and I asked the locals what kind of wood is popular for fine wood products.  One of the pastors gave me this piece from a fence post.  He called it Tatascan and said it is one of the Honduran hardwoods.  I can not find any information for it under that name.  But I did find some sites that have pictures and describe Honduran Mahogany.  Now, I do not know if that is what this is, but it sure looks like it could be, but I cannot confirm it. The dark streaks on the handle are from where the tips of the nails that were holding the barbed wire ended (it was a fence post).  The nails were rusted due to decades of exposure and the rusted tips stained the wood.  I really like the way the stained wood looks so I left the stained parts there. I could not bring any large pieces in my luggage so this size is really all I could make with the little bit that I brought back with me.  The picture is of one