Hey man, currently your metal is reading like stone and looks a little too patchy aswell, also the actual grip is too uniform if you look at the concept its not wrapped perfectly. I know you said this was to get better at texturing but think places like the shaft could do with a few more divisions just to help sell the…
It seems like you completely ignored the ref after modeling the basic shape. Go back and add the details you cut out, like the uneven wrapping, the metal beam bolted to the shaft, the eye, the ridges and planes of the blade, etc. You've also made it completely boxy, rather than round - even a 4-sided cylinder (which is…