Thanks! The handle wasn't too bad to put together (although getting the right shape was a little difficult). I got all of my cork rings from mudhole. They have a good variety of colors. I just placed the rings in order on a threaded 1/4" rod, used wood glue to attach them to each other, and pressed them together with wingnuts and washers. Then I placed the set-glued rings on a 1/4" un-threaded rod, placed this in a power drill, and used this to sand into shape.