Handles and mallets, for sure. Our hop-hornbeam works fine for the same.

Mortars are a good turn, too, with a contrasting pestle.

"Andy Dingley" wrote in message
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Friend has a felled hornbeam, already in short logs (been down for a
few months).

I turned a bit up green to make some handles for mortice chisels
(crude, heavy-duty pigstickers) and it was lovely stuff to work with.
Easy to turn and a featureless pure white.