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[dogcatcher]

If you have a belt or disc sander you can shape a handle out of hardwood faster with the sander than you can make one on a lathe. I have messed with "carving smoking pipes out of briar, those pipes are drilled and then shaped with disc sanders. A 40 or 60 grit disc is almost as fast as a chainsaw...

[dogcatcher]

If I have just the metal part of chisel, I drill out the end for the shank, then shape the block of wood, apply a finish. Then I epoxy the tool inside of the hole I drilled....