It can be soldered to steel, but "fusing" it (something like a forge weld) would be a difficult task....and may not be possible at all. Your dealing with a an iron based alloy (the steel) and non-iron based material (the mokume). The melting point of the mokume is considerably lower than the welding temp of the steel. I have never heard of it being done, and if it were, I would suspect that it would require very specialized equipment.
Pinning, soldering, or attaching with screws are all options that would be far less labor intensive that attempting to "fuse" the two.
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