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I wouldn't have the confidence that I could match the existing top profile so I would lop the existing top off also and graft on a mostly new/complete post. Then you can either shape the top from scratch or buy a fancy newel post topper. Depending on the desired finished height, you might just need to graft onto the side and not take so much off the top instead of the dog leg in my image below.
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1216383507/squirrel-wooden-finial-for-staircase
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See if you can find a newel post online with a Matching profile. Then mark the needed cuts up in pencil and take it to your nearest joinery shop for them to cut in 30 seconds and for about £10.
Glue and clamps until dry should hold fine
Edit: I'd be trying to match the profile by hand with some scribing as I'm a masochist.
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Alternative (probably not great) idea - reprofile the top so it doesn't look like it's been chopped in half
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Pictured below is our newel post.
It has had the end sliced off, I think probably to accommodate the stair lift which the previous owner had installed.
Is there a way to restore it that's within the grasp of an amateur DIYer who doesn't even own a set of woodworking tools?
I would probably go about it by buying a piece of wood of similar width and depth, glueing and screwing it on, then cutting, planing and sanding it to something like the original shape.
Easy?
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