Folks that like old tools frequently build new handles for them. Saw guys do it for saws, hand plane folks do it for planes, Axes get rehung. Some folks really go all out. This is a photo that I found on Faceplant from a guy that makes handles for hammers.
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Steve
'08 Boxster RS60 Spyder #0099/1960
- never named a car before, but this is Charlotte.
'88 targa
SOLD 2004 - gone but not forgotten