Nice job! What did you finish it with?
I made 5 or 6 of these (Jap.: "geta") about 15 years ago, and they are still holding up nicely. I was worried about durability and cleaning (particularly staining) with the traditional natural, blond wood. All of my serving set is high-gloss black lacquerware or black earthenware, so I painted mine with a black undercoat and then used a bar finish epoxy top coat.
I LOVE the etching. Is that hand done or laser? The ones I did for a friend, I stenciled their last name in red kanji characters, but it didn't come out how I would have liked. If I did it all over again, I would have laser etched it.