Talk:Rapier Wasp/@comment-11395948-20131015114025/@comment-66.176.231.232-20140331125122

@CrescentSoul: Technically, Weiss's weapon would be designated as a Smallsword, not a rapier. Rapiers come in 3 flavors; Foil, Epee, and Sabre. The Foil has a round fuller (cross-section) which makes it very flexible; it's only for stabbing. The Epee has a triangular or V-shaped fuller and is also only for stabbing. The Sabre is bladed along the edge but also slightly curved. Myrtenaster doesn't match any of those descriptions fully, having a (rather exaggerated) diamond fuller, no curve, and having bladed edges. Rapiers are also all sport weapons for fencing so, even pointed or edged, they aren't really "combat" weapons. The Smallsword was the evolved form of the rapier, to take the fencing sport onto the battlefield.