This highly detailed, long, thick, and heavy EAGLE LETTER OPENER is made of heavy brass and depicts an eagle with out stretched wings and neck. The opener blade is domed and is tapered in width. The point is rounded and blunt. The end of the letter opener is curved slightly upward, to aid in the sliding of the instrument underneath the flap of the envelope. DIMENSIONS: TOTAL LENGTH 8 1/4" OPENER BLADE: LENGTH 5 1/4" WIDTH: TOP WIDTH 1" BOTTOM WIDTH 1/4" THICKNESS 1/32" EAGLE: LENGTH 3" WIDTH 3" THICKNESS 1/4" NOTE: This letter opener appears to have been at one time in constant use. The belly of the eagle is rubbed almost smooth from holding it. There is some discoloration in some of the creases in the feathers of the eagle. There are a few light scratches on the opener blade as well as a few pin sized depressions.