Personally I love the carved look. I keep it on anything that doesn’t need it for a logical reason. That includes spoon and chisel handles, and all lot of my diy wooden tools. Looks rustic and honestly really pleasing to me. I use a scraped surface on most of my tool handles and walking sticks, with only a little rough sanding so I don’t get splinters. I only truly flatten or round out something for joinery or furniture.
