Wood texture on Sword handle?

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I’ve got this sword

http://i.imgur.com/lbMUz.png
lbMUz.png800×600

And I was wondering how I can make the handle (beige) into a wood texture? I’ve tried going into materials > textures and adding wood but I can’t really figure it out.

Any step by step tutorial on applying textures available somewhere??

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http://cgcookie.com/blender/2010/01/21/creating-an-axe-part-2/