I have a set of Freud chisels I bought back in the 80s and the handles are the original Euro mystery wood with a bronze foil ferrule. I just made some Iwasaki file handles with copper pipe ferrule out of Chetchen and Purple Heart. Came out nice and now I want to re-handled my lathe chisels. Its a classic set of HSS spindle turning chisels. Skews, spindle gouges, parting tool and the diamond scraper everyone hates.

I really like how the Chetchen handles came out with copper ferrules. Will Chetchen be a good handle material for lathe chisels? I have plenty on hand and not spending money whilst I get my meger skillset dusted off is important.