The handle had not one but two eye guards, and the blade is L6 steel. I tried to make it in a lost lake style point with a chisel tip. This knife even stands up on its own like a tripod because of the 2 tines. This has been my personal knife for a bit and I've enjoyed it, but its time to let this baby go so I'm givin it to Twin Oaks Bow Club to raffle off at the Classic! Hope whoever gets it enjoy it as much as I did... now how to convince Greg to make a cool sheath for it, maybe I'll leave that up to Pappy.