The sledge handle that flew off and hit my truck window, twice

Was reheading a cross peen on Tuesday up in Flagstaff and the hickory handle I'd hung just three days earlier decided to exit stage left mid-swing. It cracked right at the eye, no warning, and the head went sailing about 15 feet into my Ford's rear window. After I patched the glass with tape and a trash bag, I tried again with a new handle and same exact thing happened on the first hard strike. Turned out I'd bought a bad batch from a mill that kiln dries too fast, the fibers were all brittle inside. Anyone else had a handle fail like that and switched to something like ash or a fiberglass core for good?

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