Several weeks back I was looking for recommendations for white steel #1 chisels. Well I was lucky enough to find a set of 10 brand new of Kiyohisa's. I need to get some nice handles for them. Ultimately I would love to get ebony handles, Im just worried they would split under abuse. These chisels will not be my primary chisels for every day work, but they will be used for cleaning up joinery and such with a mallet. I know the story goes that ebony handles crack and should never be struck, but has anyone struck ebony handled chisels with success? or just failure? My back up plan is Rosewood.