Gladius seems to Be 16 inches, and I can fit both hands on the handle with my pinky on the bottom talon hole. The b11 is faster than the dfcg maybe a little more blade heavy than the dfle. It seems to be at least 11 inches. The handle fits my hand fairly well, and I have average to big hands. Very useable choil if you had to choke up. The BJ was 267 I think. In that range