We need to create the handle. The first thing that we'll need to do is to create a cylinder. Let's go over to our standard primitives here, create a cylinder, and click and drag to put it in the viewport. Now, I've set this to edge to faces to view the number of polygons I'm working with here. And I'm also working in the orthographic view. Now, once we've spawned, or created our cylinder, let's go over to the left. You can see that we can adjust the parameters in this section here. By the end of the lesson, you will have learned to model the low poly sword, starting with the handle.

Is 3D Max easy to learn?
3ds Max is a viral program for creating 3D animation. It's a great place to start for beginners because it's relatively easy to learn, and there's a ton of tutorials to help you get started.
https://conceptartempire.com/3ds-max-tutorials/