As a retirement gift to myself I bought two Thompson gouges. A 1/2" V Bowl gouge and a 3/8" detail gouge. I've been wanting to add a few chisels to the collection and decided to get the best. The bowl gouge got a run of the mill ash handle but I decided to get creative with the detail gouge. The handle is made of hard maple with rosewood, walnut and ebony. I even made a little cap for the end using the same rosewood, walnut and ebony. That little cap took longer to make than the handle did but does fancy it up a little. The finial is made from a copper fitting.