As a civilian weapon of urban self-defense, a true rapier was a tip-based thrusting sword that used stabbing and piercing, not slashing and cleaving. The true rapier blade ranged from early flatter triangular blades to thicker, narrow hexagonal ones.

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As a civilian weapon of urban self-defense, a true rapier was a tip-based fencing armament that used stabbing and piercing, not slashing and cleaving. True rapiers ranged from early designs with flat, triangular blades to thicker, narrower hexagonal ones. The rapier blade had no true cutting edge like those of military weapons for war.

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