Talk:Myrtenaster/@comment-6582316-20150721050852/@comment-6582316-20150721204801

A rapier is a one handed cut and thrust blade (ie it has a roughly two dimensional cross sectional geometry and a point) with a very developed guard that is usually between 39 and 42 inches long and typically weighs 2 1/2 to 3 pounds. Myrtenaster looks closer to 37 or 28 inches long, and has either a square or a triagular cross sectional geometry, making it resemble a smallsword (which often had a 3 demensional cross sectional geometry to mantain rigidness in the thrust while still being quite light, at the cost of being able to cut) more than a rapier (which I've never seen with a 3 dimensional cross sectional geometry because that eliminated the ability to cut).