Rapier

$85.00

Musketeer Rapier, 46″ overall, 37.5″ blade, with wood guard and round leather guard below guard. You can order the rapier with or without leather basket and hand and a half (pictured) or single handed handle.

Because it allowed for fast reactions and had a long reach, the rapier was well-suited to civilian combat during the 16th and 17th Centuries.  Rapiers were common among bodyguards like the elite French Royal Guards or Swiss Papal Guards, especially since they needed a weapon that could be used indoors or in crowded areas.

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Fun Trivia:  Fencing and dueling were still seen as mandatory for high ranking European officers up to WWI. However this also led to it’s decline; the fact that so many officers were dueling each other in the 1910s meant that it was very difficult for European armies to maintain leadership due to so many officers dying in duels. Uruguay was the last country in the world to outlaw dueling in 1971. It is technically legal to have duels in Paraguay, but only if both duelists are registered blood donors.

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