Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26299202-20150505005922/@comment-25555436-20150515231219

Canes are much lighter than swords because of the lack of steel adding weight. So a sword that is just as light as a cane, would probably be a rapier or at the very best a shortsword. If a rapier, then the advantages he had when using a cane are lost entirely. If a shortsword, some are lost but not all.

The transition wouldn't be as "fluid" as you think Vedran. The different shape is more influential in this aspect than you'd think. Grabbing a cane is not exactly identical to grabbing a sword. Plus, likely by muscle memory, he'd try to disarm the oponent with the "hook", like he can do with a cane, yet he'd fail because, well, swords don't have hooks. If instead it's a rapier, well you know why the transition wouldn't be as seamless.

Not saying it's impossible, not even hard. Just saying, it wouldn't be seamless.