Broken handle

I'm still splitting logs for firewood.  Usually I don't get around to this until around dusk.

Tuesday night it was fairly dark when I was about done splitting logs.  For my last log to split I needed one more hit to complete the split.

I missed.

The splitting maul's handle hit the top of the log.  The log split and the handle broke.

*argh!*

Wednesday I replaced the broken handle with an old axe handle from my "treasure" pile in the tool shed.  I had to trim the handle a bit to squeeze it into splitting maul.   Then it was on to splitting a few more logs.  I quit splitting logs earlier this night.