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What are rapiers? Rapiers are fencing swords these days, but it may not always have been so. Sharply bladed rapiers were not light swords, good only for stabbingone’s opponent; neither were they heavy swords, designed to chop an opponent in pieces, or, barring that, bludgeon him or her in their armor. Rapiers, bladed and sharpened, were designed to be able to cut through perhaps light armor and chop off the thinner extremeties, but not cut a person in half. They are a compromise between chopping and speed. It is possible to do some finesse based sword play with a rapier.