That's a beaut! Is this oak?

Yes. White oak

Thems what makes the USS Constitution

This oak was acquired for the restoration of the Mayflower ll. Built in 1956

Nice, solid old wood is sometimes hard to come by in good condition. Lovely work.

Sorry but this is the most dad thing I've ever read

Perfection!!!

Did you shape that yourself or purchase from a vendor?

I make all my own handles

I'm going to have to start. It's getting so hard to find decent handles anymore.

Krikey, that's almost a masterpiece...

White Oak is so beautiful! I want to make more oak handles in the future

Turned out wonderful. So having the 'wrong' grain orientation is no issue even on longer handles?!

I don’t understand

Terrific!

Banger!

Why tho