Pete..smart move!..i'll do that,i have enough leather discs to put a few together with different glues..
here are a couple shots of the work so far.

the blade go's into the slot in the wood,it's covered with duct tape now,that will hold it while i compress the leather discs.



the whole thing is wrapped in wax paper to keep any glue off the blade.i'll post some shots when i'm done