I turned this handle from a piece of oak the same day that I turned #218, but I set it aside until yesterday when I picked it up and began to finish it. I sanded it and put three coats of polycrylic on it. I also drilled out the middle and put extra weight in the handle. Finally, today, I branded the bottom and set the knot. It is an Ace synthetic. All the pictures are after I finished. I did not take pictures of the process.