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Thank you, Greg.
As I see it, the socket recess in the chisel has a central, cylindrical tang that penetrates the handle, while the root of the handle is retained in the socket. A complicated thing to manufacture, if I ever saw one.
The L-N version, although it appears the same, mimics the pre-war Stanley 700 series, which is what I thought that it was.
A lot of manufacturers over the years used a shoulder design that looks like a socket, though was in fact a flat shoulder with a tang.
The Stanley 5001 series came out in the 1960s/70s and used something similar but minus the deep socket.
Well I hope that Veritas are sympathetic. As a consolation, if you are in the UK, I could probably make a new handle on the lathe, though I’d need the chisel to do it.
good luck