railway692@piefed.zipM to Centurii chan@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month agoHow to hold or "finger" the rapier properlymedia.piefed.zipimagemessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up194arrow-down1imageHow to hold or "finger" the rapier properlymedia.piefed.ziprailway692@piefed.zipM to Centurii chan@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square7linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarealx@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoBut the sword is a sidesword, not a rapier
minus-squarerailway692@piefed.zipOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month ago I bet centurii was basing their design off of something like this swept-hilt rapier. It’s notoriously difficult to distinguish between sideswords and rapiers in illustrations. How are you able to tell that it’s a sidesword?
minus-squarealx@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoyou’re right, some rapiers did have a simple hilt virtually identical to sideswords. I’ve been confused by the fact that i mostly know sideswords with this kind of hilt
But the sword is a sidesword, not a rapier
I bet centurii was basing their design off of something like this swept-hilt rapier.
It’s notoriously difficult to distinguish between sideswords and rapiers in illustrations.
How are you able to tell that it’s a sidesword?
you’re right, some rapiers did have a simple hilt virtually identical to sideswords. I’ve been confused by the fact that i mostly know sideswords with this kind of hilt