the overall length on this one is 12 1/2 inches.
5160 steel, .23 inches through the tang with a full doubled edged convex zero grind and distal taper. 6 1/2 inches on the blade. Maintaining the edge is easy with a hard back leather strop. and polishing compound as needed.
Handle is tulipwood, with brass tubing stock for pins. The brass has been very lightly blued to match the overall look. I use tubing pins for several reasons, including the lack of distraction from the handle with a void instead of a busy pattern of some sort. Matching holes on the guards, in the chute knife style.
Blade and tang are blued. I use a product called oxpho-blue for this as it is easy to touch up at need- oxpho blue likes oil and can be applied to metal with steel wool and will touch up quite well.
Every sheath, thus far, for a Scratchard has been unique in some respect. For this one I have two strap on each side which are spaced to be MOLLE/PALS compatible. Lacing holes go from top to bottom, as the only issue anyone has had with the 50 odd ways of mounting the the previous sheaths has been horizontal mounting on a chest plate. The most common answer I've seen for that is lacing a sheath up to the chest plate.
The retention strap is reversible- top or bottom guard mount will work. Right or left handed will work, as the retention strap and the whole sheath is reversible. This retention snap is modelled after holster thumb break styles- something new for me.
The body of the sheath has the welt and inner stitching line following the guard, providing resistance to "stab throughs" in the event of accident or explosive assisted vehicular exits.
