Did this one break across the grain?
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Bob
Certainly grain runout contributed very much to this break. And once a handle starts to come apart (upper part of the break) while under sudden tension or torsion the remainder (lower part of the handle) can shatter in almost any direction, sort of like dropping a pane of glass. On top of that, I suspect that this was a 'kiln-dried' piece of wood, which is brittle when compared to 'air dried'.