Better practice up on some scrap....welding steel to WI doesn't always go pretty especially in such a small area. Also if you want it to match you will have to re-etch once you clean up the weld.
I prefer, as Ray and Jim stated, either stub or through tang, no guard pins. Well designed and executed slot fit with the handle mechanically attached via pin or threaded nut - just looks better and works for me.
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