Weapon:Basket-hilted rapier with a bird-shaped pommel

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basket-hilted rapier with a bird-shaped pommel
Look: Tiny jet eyes glitter from the wren-shaped pommel at the end of the ironwood handle. The basket-hilt guard is silver-washed and lined in blue velvet.
Type: Medium Edged
Range: melee
Puncture: somewhat heavy (8/28)
Slice: somewhat fair (4/28)
Impact: poor (2/28)
Fire: no (0/28)
Cold: no (0/28)
Electric: no (0/28)
Force of Impact: terribly (1/17)
Balance: very well (10/17)
Suitedness: dismally (2/17)
Construction: rather reinforced (11/18)
Metal: Yes
Weight: 25 stones
Appraised Cost: 30 Kronars24 Lirums <br />21.648 Dokoras <br />0.03 LTBpoints <br />0.03 Tickets <br />0.03 Scrips <br />
Properties:
Dimensions: 10 length x 1 width x 1 height
Sources:
  • STUDY: You think you can WAVE, RUB, TURN and POKE the basket-hilted rapier.
  • RUB: You scrape your thumb across the blade of your basket-hilted rapier, checking its edge.
  • TURN: You tighten your grip on the basket-hilted rapier.
  • POKE: You flip your basket-hilted rapier into the air, catching the hilt on the tips of your fingers and balancing the basket-hilted rapier vertically. Wavering only slightly, you hold the position for a long moment before letting the blade fall forward and the hilt settle back into your grip.
  • WAVE: The basket-hilted rapier makes a sound like the thin-toned "Hisss!" of a striking snake as you cut a slashing arc in the air.
  • WAVE: The basket-hilted rapier makes a thin wailing "Eeeeeee!" as you slice the air about you.
  • WAVE: You hear a hissing "ZZzzzzztt zzzzzZZTT!" as you slice your basket-hilted rapier through the air.
  • WAVE: A low-pitched "Whisssh Whoosshhh!" hums from the basket-hilted rapier as you swing it in a wide arc over your head.
  • WAVE: A high-pitched whistling "Ssssssss!" hisses from the basket-hilted rapier as you cut a slashing arc through the air.
  • WAVE: You create a loud "Swoosh!" as you cut a graceful arc through the air with your basket-hilted rapier.