Well I got board last night, last season my cork grip shattered/split so to speak.
So last night I went to the storage room hacked of the leg on an old wooden chair that was in bad condition.
Sanded the leg and stained it,
I don't have a drill press so I took the hand drill and drilled holes on either end 'til the met up, LOL, got lucky here,
I removed the 2 eyes and the hook keeper of the base of the rod cleaned up the grip area after removing excess cork parts, , then proceeded to slide the chair leg down the base of the rod, hahahaha.
The result is a wooden chair rod grip, lol.
It now strikes me as really funny, the epoxy job is really messy, but I don't think this handle will shatter anytime soon.

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lol,later
MIke