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Next, make the ferrule. I use nylon cord instead of brass or copper pipe because I work with so many diameters in my handles that I’d have to buy out the store to be sure I always had the right size pipe. Instead, I use a hangman’s noose and coat it with superglue. The glue is a bit modern, but the knot is the oldest ferrule known to man and I always have the right size available.

A lot of the ferrules I see on homemade and commercial tool handles are too small in diameter to do their job. One ferrule I saw allowed only ⅛" of solid wood between it and the shaft, and I doubt that it would have held under stress. I don’t believe a ferrule is supposed to keep the handle from breaking away if you get a severe dig in the wood. It’s there to keep the shaft from flying out of the broken handle. If that’s all it does, that’s a good thing. I’ve often thought a nicely woven herringbone pattern on the ferrule, with multiple-colored threads, would dress up my tools a bit. I’m just a little afraid they might be too pretty to use.

Position the tool so the tip is horizontal. Mark the top of the tool handle with a long black line so you know when the tip is in the horizontal cutting position inside a form. Mark a red line to the side of the black line.