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<blockquote data-quote="mneme" data-source="post: 5127508" data-attributes="member: 59248">Um, yes.&nbsp; (I fence, and have done a lot of historical fencing, though I quit a few years ago to avoid more knee problems).&nbsp; Rapiers varied a lot in length (by the size of the user and by fashion -- from around 30 inches to around 45 inches long or so), but always had a nice sharp edge.Depending on the length, you couldn't necessarily do a circular cut (moulinette) the way you could with a dueling saber or a cut and thrust sword -- but there are plenty of effective cuts you can execute (and the &quot;draw cut&quot; thing, while cuts should have some draw on them, is mostly an SCA-ism; a real cut would have plenty of force behind it).&nbsp; Of course, you weren't doing those big sweeping cuts with a longsword either (unless you were an idiot or hacking wood, at least); the larger and heavier the weapon, the more likely you were to use it tactically and judiciously (at least in one-on-one).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mneme, post: 5127508, member: 59248"] Um, yes. (I fence, and have done a lot of historical fencing, though I quit a few years ago to avoid more knee problems). Rapiers varied a lot in length (by the size of the user and by fashion -- from around 30 inches to around 45 inches long or so), but always had a nice sharp edge. Depending on the length, you couldn't necessarily do a circular cut (moulinette) the way you could with a dueling saber or a cut and thrust sword -- but there are plenty of effective cuts you can execute (and the "draw cut" thing, while cuts should have some draw on them, is mostly an SCA-ism; a real cut would have plenty of force behind it). Of course, you weren't doing those big sweeping cuts with a longsword either (unless you were an idiot or hacking wood, at least); the larger and heavier the weapon, the more likely you were to use it tactically and judiciously (at least in one-on-one). [/QUOTE]

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