> I think fitting the wood handle to the tang chisel would be more 
> labour intensive than fitting a turned handle into a socket.

Not really. I have done dozens of both styles, to say the least.
  It comes down to a hand fit either way.
You can always shoot for average to start, but tang or socket the final 
fit is by hand.
Burn in the tang or whittle the socket peg.

This is why it always takes longer than you wanted it to, when you make 
chisel handles.

  I have some of Jim Thompson's chisels. He sent me some, "for safe 
keeping". Chisels I sure didn't want, because I knew what it meant. To 
him and to me.

    I need to come up with some kind of contest, to award prizes I think.
     yours Scott


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