Previous handle was a pimple on a 2 way screw (no idea what these are called or how it was still holding on) so replaced it with one on 4 bolts on washers for a better grip.
After taking it off it appears that the screw was “sealed” in some sort of wood filler.
Thanks for the tip, it does look a bit odd that those bolts are peeking out a little, but don’t think i have a tool for doing that (out of interest what do you normally use to do it?) to the metal handle. If i have something to use for it il do it :)
You could probably use a square file.
You could do it with a triangle file too.
Depending on the metal you may be able to just broach it with the bolt itself.
Looking at the pictures I think the wood will break before the bolt cuts into the metal.
Yeah the nuts are cutting into the wood. OP would have to do something different to broach.
The wood is too soft here unfortunately, i tried a little but stopped when the washers started to dig into the wood
I would use a file