Show that on Paleoplanet, Larry usually reads the posts almost daily. Don't thin your cutting edge too much, it will crumble when you start chopping. Use a piece of green wood to make your handle, you can use seasoned wood but doing the final fitting will be easier with green wood if you aren't using power tools. Drill a too small hole or two, link them with a chisel, then char the hole with a blow torch and scrape. Repeat until about 1/2 the head is seated in the handle. When you seat the head, only the top and bottom touch, if the sides touch, as you chop the head will act like a wedge and split your handle. Don't make the hole so large that the head can flop side to side as you cut, the head will break. Pecan, hickory, ash and white oak all make good handles. Walnut and cedar make pretty handles but they aren't as tough.
