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The search function is giving me an error and my googlefu is failing miserably. I was reading the book "American Axes" by Hnery Kauffman and there is a page with various axe handle patterns. Like an old catalog, they are drawings, and I've stumbled across other similar drawings/catalog pages here and around the mighty interwebs. Of particular interest is the "knob end" handles. Presumably the bit of extra wood below the swell that is on handles when they come off the lathe is left to create this knob, but I have never seen one. I also wonder if there is a function that I am not aware of. Do any of you have one? Or pics you can share here? I would consider trying to emulate one if I could just see some of the details. Thanks!