This blade is made from 1095 steel. It has a subtly finger guard at the transition which looks quite tactical in my opinion. I used 550 cord with our beloved flag as the design. It's overall length is 10". The blade is 5" long and 1" wide (1 & 1/4" at the finger guard) with the handle being 5" long and 1 & 1/8" wide. As always, the knife will come sharpened and exactly as pictured. Thank you for looking!