A little about the replica. First off there are 2 different versions of the peice. I picked up the one that is identical too the picture. The other looks noticibly different. The blade is 1045 surgical steel. the edge lenght is 4 1/2". Heel to tang is 2 3/8". total blade lenght is6 7/8".The blade is probably1/8 hollow ground. Can you make it shavable? Yes if you put some heavy work into it.I have a thread in the resto section along with a ****ty pic. The handle is all metal with no spacer in the end of the handle.There seems to be a sillouete of a woman in it.I don't know the total weight ( no scale )1/2 to 3/4 lb. To shave with this blade is trickey because of the weight, bit once you get used to it, the shave is pretty ok.