8 3/4" overall, handle 5 1/8", blade 3 5/8. I think the handle is Ebony with a brass cap and hilt. The blade is highly polished carbon(?) steel with a makers mark the name Pierce pierced by a knife blade. The other side of the blade has an armadillo with a rock bouncing off and the name "Stephen Giordanella" (google him) engraved. I don't know the history but perhaps the maker could tell you.