I had a broken 1/2" nut driver in my toolbox, and couldn’t bear to throw it out. So, I grabbed some scraps of walnut and pecan, and turned a new handle. It still needs finish sanding, and removing the lathe scrap from the end, and some polyurethane to finish
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Jesse:
Well done. Good use of scrap pieces of wood.
Bill
Thanks, Bill.
It may tempt me to break the handles off of the rest of the set just so I can make them match!
Jesse
Jesse:
You can make matching pieces on the lathe ?
I am impressed. Mine tend to be one of a kind 
Bill
Ha! I may have overstated by using the word “matching!” More likely they would be similar enough to look like they belonged to the same family. Perhaps distant cousins? 
I recall a lot of dad’s old screwdrivers had wooden handles. A lot of them were split, too. They looked a lot like the ones in this screenshot. I’ve always thought it would be cool to have a bunch of them. Plus they don’t stink like the plastic handle do.
Those bring back memories … my dad had a set of them as well.