User blog comment:Elgb333/Miyamoto Musashi vs Julie D'Aubigny/@comment-24180428-20130908134906/@comment-422690-20130909022232

"A blade that thin on a thrusting weapon makes it bad."

Not so. A thin blade only changes the type of armor it's effective against. Rapiers are weapons very well suited to a nobleman's duel; it's quick, it's accurate, and it requires a good deal of finesse to work. The slimmer profile of a rapier makes it excellent against unarmoured or chainmailed opponents, far from being bad.

That being said, the quality of a rapier depends on its make. It it takes too much abuse, it can break.