Pickaxe handle

A Pickaxe handle is the handle of a pickaxe. When players are mining, a random event may cause the head of their pickaxe to fly off. Players must simply 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.

Sometimes a bot will lose a rune pick head due to this random event. Since the bot will not know how to pick up the head, this is desirable for human players who can grab the head and profit off the random event.

Pickaxe handles are popular in the Grand Exchange, the price has increased from 3gp each to around 800.

When the pickaxe head flies off, the handle still stays equipped, so some players will find it quite enjoyable to smack NPC's with a stick.

This item has been deleted by Jagex in a recent update, with no refund. Many players are anoyed as they stockpiled the items, with thousands stored in banks. Many people also spent money on handles to repair their axes, only for them to be repaired freely afterwards.