> No, you just read George Silver on the Italian swordmasters for that (take
> George as a Heortling and the Italians as Nochet Humakti) - but the C16
> early rapier, not the later knitting needle, fits quite nicely IMO. Still
> got enough weight to hurt an armoured opponent, and that's where the later
> period ones would come unstuck in Glorantha.
Try Fiore of Italy in the 1300's. Longsword (bastard, for us RPG people) is much more apt. Even that is plate & mail era of course.
-Adept
PS. Rapiers for Glorantha should be the bronze age "minoan rapiers". Slim thrusting swords did exist a long time ago... very different, of course.
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