User blog comment:Elgb333/Miyamoto Musashi vs Julie D'Aubigny/@comment-24180428-20130908134906/@comment-222.154.118.237-20130908230838

I don't know where you got your information on the Rapier from but you need to get your facts straight. Firstly, the Rapier is easily sharp enough to pierce through any part of the human torso (look at the Cold Steel videos or rewatch MIng Warrior vs. Musketeer). Secondly if the Rapier is such a "terrible" weapon then why was it so popular with civilians as a defensive weapon and with the nobility as a dueling weapon. So much so that the Spanish continued to use the Rapier long after it had disappeared from othe countries due to smallswords being more "fashionable". I do agree with the katana being given the edge but seriously change you Short-Range reasoning, it sounds incredibly biased!