I now had to make the handle. I did not initially anticipate how difficult this would end up being. I needed pins to hold the handle together, as is the standard on most kitchen knives. I also needed to get the wood and somehow glue it to the metal.

Here I am on the lathe making the pins. This was a real pain.

That pin was useless so I ended up using some steel brazing rod meant for welding or brazing metal.

For the wood handle I went upstairs to the wood shop and got some slices of curly maple wood.

I now needed to glue the wood to the handle. I was considering JB weld or epoxy. I eventually settled on Epoxy.

The question: Little dab'll do ya or Bigga da gob betta da job? There is simply no middle ground. 

Here I  clamped the handle to let the epoxy harden