Picked up a tool box today. inside this $2 tool box was a few wrenches ( still cleaning them) and a couple chisels..

The long one, with the mushroom end needed a handle, AFTER I got rid of the mushroomed part.   Had some old Barn Wood scrap,  About 2x2 almost square.    Trimmed the ends of the blank a bit, found the center on each end.   Drove the drive spur into one end, and round the blank off.   Then marked where the fancy parts of the new handle would be.   Small gouge and a skew chisel to complete.  Then a test fit, grind the excess off, test fit, until the handle would drive into the socket part of the chisel

Oh, BTW also cleaned up the 1-1/2" wide chisel, but, it didn't need a new handle.   The  T.H. Wilhelm 1/2" firmer/mortise chisel now has a decent looking handle.   Lines were made with the skew chisel.  This is one LONG chisel

That is a 12" long combo square sitting behind it.  

 

Wood was free, the chisels were almost free,  That tool box was just $2, and had 8 wrenches in it, a nail set, and these two chisels.  Might just be a decent yard sale day.

Nice Score!

 

And, Super job on the handle!!

That handle turned out really classy Steve, love the detail lines you put in it. Look like it came from 100 years ago.

Nice turning, Bandit. 

One good turn deserves another so, while you had the lathe warmed up, did you turn the yellow handle, too? 

Turns out, the "mushroomed" chisel is a TH Witherby.    About 1915 or so.   Some place up in CONN.   Some of the other tools in the Snap-On tool box....three single ended wrenches from a place called Wright, a Bonney, and a Snop-On.  There was also a big wrench, stamped for the old Traction Line Railroad that rran through the area.....Not too bad for $2?