Heavy duty all purpose camp/chopper knife. This knife was hand forged from 1095 high carbon steel with a partial fuller on one side. The blade is 8″ long and 12.5″ overall and 3/16 at the thickest part of the spine. The handle is highly polished purpleheart that has been sculpted and contoured to swell at the butt to help keep the hand in a comfortable position for chopping etc. This was actually my personal shop knife for the last year where i have used it to baton wood, cut through nails, as a throwing knife, and just general purpose cutting. The original handle had a structural defect. So i finally got around to putting a new handle on it and getting it ready for it’s new home. The rest of the story about this is that it was actually forged as a video demonstration when i was applying to get on forged in fire. So put this knife to work in your shop/home/camp. This item is made of 1095 high carbon steel and purpleheart.