Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20141031002615/@comment-24891101-20141113164654

Oh, yeah, rapiers are much heavier than even an épée; the point, though, is that a rapier's blade is much slimmer than any other family of swords, which makes it much quicker to use. Weiss is very definitely a fencer, though clearly not a modern fencer, and seemingly out of the Italian tradition. Rapiers can be used in both the cut and the thrust, though it prefers the latter, as does Weiss (Witness that skate-fleche!). I wonder what the Dust cylinder does to the balance?

Most of the rest I might have said has been already. Out of curiosity, how many people here actually fence?