Here's a knife I finished today. Its blade was cut from a saw mill circular saw blade that is a little over 1/8" thick, the grip scales are curly maple and the pins are steel. I am going to make another one with black micarta grips scales to use as my new EDDK (every day dog knife ).OAL is about 8.5" and the blade is about 4.5". The handle isn't near as boxy as it looks.