A Good Musketeer's Rapier, Probably Saxony, ca. 1600

A Senefelder · 31st July 2012, 12:44 AM

At 96 cm ( a fraction over 3 feet ) the blade isn't particularlly long as many rapiers tended to be, some of them extremely so. Its too bad there are no width dimensions listed as this would give a better impression of whether it was more of a rapier ( long and thin with a hard diamond cross section ) or more of a backsword/military sidesword with a broader blade of more flattened diamond cross section better suited to both cutting and thrusting more usefull on the battlefield. The " sword/rapier " in the listing gives me the impression that it may have more of a cut and thrust blade as i've heard the term used before to describe military sideswords.

31st July 2012, 12:44 AM	#19
A Senefelder Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 214	At 96 cm ( a fraction over 3 feet ) the blade isn't particularlly long as many rapiers tended to be, some of them extremely so. Its too bad there are no width dimensions listed as this would give a better impression of whether it was more of a rapier ( long and thin with a hard diamond cross section ) or more of a backsword/military sidesword with a broader blade of more flattened diamond cross section better suited to both cutting and thrusting more usefull on the battlefield. The " sword/rapier " in the listing gives me the impression that it may have more of a cut and thrust blade as i've heard the term used before to describe military sideswords.