Just remembered - a few years ago I picked this up for $4 (IIRC):

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/24093435807/in/dateposted-public/

It is a plumber’s lead dresser and still has a wax coating on the surface -
unused.  It is about the shape of a small mallet, but not quite right.  I have
thought of a couple of tool handles being in there.

Modern ones are made of beech, and I have seen a couple of LV and even a boxwood
one on the innerwebs

Ed Minch