Handle for a hand tool and method for the manufacture thereof

A method for making a handle for a hand turning tool having a tool-side end and an opposite end, the method comprising:

• providing an injection molding core;
• forming a handle core of a first material in a shape having a flow channel and raised portions which form surface areas at least at the tool-side end of the handle, said flow channel having one end communicating with said tool-side end for receiving a second material and said flow channel having an opposite end communicating with gripping surface areas of the handle to be formed of the second material, said flow channel being exposed on an outer surface of the tool along a full length of said handle core, said handle core being formed by flowing the first material onto the injection molding core with a suitable mold in place to form the aforementioned shape of said handle core;
• forming a handle gripping surface of a second material by flowing the second material onto the handle core at an injection molding point that is disposed only at a tool-side face of said tool-side end with a suitable mold in place to form said handle surface;
• and
• wherein a non-smooth portion of a surface provided by an injection molding point is disposed only at a tool-side face of said tool-side end.