Here is the cleaver in pieces with the myrtle wood blank provided by Todd. Notice the hammered spine! This baby's seen a lot of action!
Rough turning of the handle blank. The wood looked dry but when cut it showed that is was still green.
More turning of the handle blank. Notice the wood chips building up on my ways. Not good!
Here I have switched to my "poor man's" wood lathe using a file for a turning gouge. Handles really do lend themselves to hand turning work...
To complete the repair I turned a 3/16 stainless ...
Here is the cleaver in pieces with the myrtle wood blank provided by Todd. Notice the hammered spine! This baby's seen a lot of action!
Rough turning of the handle blank. The wood looked dry but when cut it showed that is was still green. 
More turning of the handle blank. Notice the wood chips building up on my ways. Not good!
Here I have switched to my "poor man's" wood lathe using a file for a turning gouge. Handles really do lend themselves to hand turning work... 
To complete the repair I turned a 3/16 stainless ...