When a hand rail meets a newel post it stops, then continues on the other side of the newel post. Over-the-post systems have a handrail that flows in one continuous line over all the newel posts and ...
Q-I’m in the midst of renovating my first old house. The staircase leading to the second floor has an oak handrail with spindles and a curlicue thing on top of the post at the bottom of the stairs.