Personally I think the widest part of the grip (were it perfectly round with no greeblies) is about 1-5/8" in diameter with (perhaps an extra 1/16" in addition to that), the lower handle is 1-3/8" in diameter and the hilt is 9 inches long from the underside of the side pipes that make up the cross guard, to the bottom of the pommel and about 10.25" in overall length. That to me, is not big. Of course, I could be wrong but that's what it looks like to me when compared to frames from the first teaser that show a hand on it.