- 1). Cut a wooden stock piece of oak, ash, beech or hickory wood. Make this 10 inches long by 2 inches wide.
- 2). Set the table saw blade at a 45-degree angle and cut off the four corners of the stock so that you are left with an eight-sided piece of wood.
- 3). Place the wood stock in a vise and clamp it firmly.
- 4). Plane these eight corners off to produce a 16-sided stock piece. Use a hand plane for this cutting.
- 5). Shave off the 16 edges with a draw knife to produce a more round form.
- 6). Press modeling clay into the chisel socket to get an exact representation of its depth and shape.
- 7). Measure the diameter and length of the chisel socket with calipers and a ruler.
- 8). Pare one end of your rounded stock wood to the diameter and shape of your clay mold with the draw knife. Secure wood in the vise to facilitate this shaping.
- 9). Measure the tang dimensions and drill a centered hole of a slightly smaller diameter into the vertical end of the stock wood. Fit and refit handle into this hole until it is a tight fit able to be pounded into place.