8.5" blade length. 14" with hilt. 15.6" with hilt and scabbard. Straight double edged spearpoint tipped blade with medial ridge and a hidden tang hilt with brass and alloy quillons. Ricasso is struck BY HILL on one side with model marking PERSUADER on the reverse. Grips are composed of dark hardwood with brass and alloy spacers, the latter with black enamel border. Oval plates fitted to wood sections, and scalloped design engraved in the elements of the guard and pommel. Item comes with a laminated wood scabbard lined in leather with a brass encased throat, brass diamond embellishments to obverse side, and fasteners along the edges.