Ready for epoxy.



The three pieces of wooden dowel will be used as filler.
Like this.



I will fill the bottom half of the handle halfway with epoxy, insert the filler wood, and join the two parts of the handle together. Then I'll finish filling until I reach a level about 18mm below the top of the handle(46mm loft). This should allow for a bit of squeeze out around the plug , and put me (hopefully) right at 47mm loft once I go to set the knot.
I'll let the epoxy in the handle set up good before I do that.