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i didnt get the hole as tight around as i would have liked, so i had to fill the space with epoxy and when i put the plug in some exess came out

the knot is completely under the edge of the handle. The grey stuff is exess epoxy.

Materials
Hemlock Spindle
Dark Maroonish Stain (matches my front porch bench...)
Minwax Wood Hardener
Minwax Finnishing Wax
Loctite Marine Epoxy
TGN 24mm Knot

total cost... 30$ish with...