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The '''rapier''' generally [[page type is::definition|refers]] to a relatively long-bladed sword characterized by a complex hilt which is constructed to provide protection for the hand wielding it. While the blade might be broad enough to cut to some degree (but nowhere near that of the wider, slightly heavier swords in use around the Middle Ages), the long thin blade lends itself to thrusting. |
The '''rapier''' generally [[page type is::definition|refers]] to a relatively long-bladed sword characterized by a complex hilt which is constructed to provide protection for the hand wielding it. While the blade might be broad enough to cut to some degree (but nowhere near that of the wider, slightly heavier swords in use around the Middle Ages), the long thin blade lends itself to thrusting. |
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==Variations== |
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Latest revision as of 16:40, 11 March 2012
The rapier generally refers to a relatively long-bladed sword characterized by a complex hilt which is constructed to provide protection for the hand wielding it. While the blade might be broad enough to cut to some degree (but nowhere near that of the wider, slightly heavier swords in use around the Middle Ages), the long thin blade lends itself to thrusting.
The blade might be sharpened along its entire length, sharpened only from the center to the tip, or completely without a cutting edge. A typical example would weigh 1 kilogram (2.2 lb) and have a relatively long and slender blade of 2.5 centimetres (0.98 in) or less in width, 1 metre (39 in) or more in length and ending in a sharply pointed tip.[1]
Variations
| Item | Source is | Rare item | Is incomplete |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antique cup-hilted rapier | Terald's Tent | true | true |
| Antique swept-hilt rapier | Dunshade: Echo of Tears/End loot | true | |
| Basket-hilt rapier with a dragonwood hilt | Squat Bungalow (2) | ||
| Basket-hilted matte black steel dueling rapier | Pointed Ramarck's, Drathrok's Duskruin 419/Incidental loot, Darkbox 414 prizes | ||
| Basket-hilted rapier with a bird-shaped pommel | |||
| Basket-hilted rapier with a wagon-wheel basket | Roaring Mouse Adventure Supplies (2), Roaring Mouse Adventure Supplies (1) | true | |
| Basket-hilted sword rapier | Edword's Accoutrements (4), Edword's Accoutrements (3), Edword's Accoutrements (2) | ||
| Bent rapier | true | ||
| Black glaes rapier with an intricate swept hilt | Su Helmas 444: Make Haste!/Incidental loot | true | |
| Blued steel swept-hilt rapier | Squat Bungalow (1) | true | |
| ... further results | |||
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