Unfortunately it's about 3/8", but when closed doesn't really look that much. The scales are the only set of blues that I could find and they're made for 6/8 blades. For me, blues were the only color option since I pretty well know that this will be my "goto" razor. I'm more comfortable with the 4/8 and grew up using a rounded point. The Adorations were actually made with a square point, but this one had a chip that lent itself perfectly to be rounded. While the one that Deadrift sold me is the right size and quite comfortable in my hand, I will probably only use it occasionally. As for the scales being oversize, I'm comfortable with that because when closed, the blade really isn't dwarfed by the scales and the extra size seems to balance out the blade nicely