As the contents of this page no longer exist in Old School RuneScape, this article is preserved for historical purposes.
A pickaxe handle was the handle of a pickaxe. When players were mining, a random event may have caused the pickaxe head to fly off. Players had to pick it up and attach it back onto the handle. A similar thing used to happen to players while woodcutting, only with an axe head and axe handle.