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  • Bone Grip Swept Hilt Rapier

    Bone Grip Swept Hilt Rapier

    SKU: 500094 $300.00 Add to Cart
  • Musketeer Rapier

    Musketeer Rapier

    SKU: 500784 $357.50 Add to Cart
  • Ornate Renaissance Colichemarde

    Ornate Renaissance Colichemarde

    SKU: AH-4223
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    $143.59 Add to Cart
  • Deschaux Rapier

    Deschaux Rapier

    SKU: 500862 $350.00 Add to Cart
  • Spanish Basket Rapier

    Spanish Basket Rapier

    SKU: AH-3342
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    $195.25 Add to Cart
  • Swept Hilt Flamberge Rapier

    Swept Hilt Flamberge Rapier

    SKU: AH-3322
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    $187.69 Add to Cart
  • Fencers Swept Hilt Rapier

    Fencers Swept Hilt Rapier

    SKU: AH-3405
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    $182.65 Add to Cart
  • 17th Century Italian Rapier

    17th Century Italian Rapier

    SKU: 501227
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    $325.00 Add to Cart
  • Renaissance Swept Hilt Rapier

    Renaissance Swept Hilt Rapier

    SKU: AH-6985
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    $188.95 Add to Cart
  • Italian Brass Basket Rapier

    Italian Brass Basket Rapier

    SKU: AH-3341
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    $202.75 Add to Cart
  • Christus Imperat Rapier

    Christus Imperat Rapier

    SKU: 501471 $357.50 Add to Cart
  • Spanish Fluted Cup Rapier

    Spanish Fluted Cup Rapier

    SKU: AH-3213
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    $151.15 Add to Cart
  • Shell Guard Swept Hilt Rapier

    Shell Guard Swept Hilt Rapier

    SKU: AH-6987
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    $201.55 Add to Cart
  • Pappenheimer Hilt Rapier

    Pappenheimer Hilt Rapier

    SKU: AH-3404
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    $182.65 Add to Cart
  • Sale! Pecoraro Saber

    Pecoraro Saber

    SKU: SH2199
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    $198.00 Add to Cart
  • Sale! Cavalier Rapier

    Cavalier Rapier

    SKU: 07-88FCR
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    $359.91 Add to Cart
  • Sale! Wood Grip Rapier

    Wood Grip Rapier

    SKU: SH1024
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    $286.00 Add to Cart
  • Sale! Small Sword

    Small Sword

    SKU: 07-88SMS
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    $431.91 Add to Cart
  • Sale! Hutton Saber

    Hutton Saber

    SKU: SH2201
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    $139.00 Add to Cart
  • Sale! Practical Swept Hilt Rapier

    Practical Swept Hilt Rapier

    SKU: SH1099
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    $228.00 Add to Cart
  • 17th Century Pappenheimer Rapier

    17th Century Pappenheimer Rapier

    SKU: AH-6984
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    $201.55 Add to Cart
  • Sale! Practical Swept Hilt Long Rapier

    Practical Swept Hilt Long Rapier

    SKU: SH1098 $238.00 Add to Cart
  • Pappenheimer Pierced Guard Rapier

    Pappenheimer Pierced Guard Rapier

    SKU: AH-6986
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    $201.55 Add to Cart
  • Sale! Ribbed Shell Swept Hilt Rapier

    Ribbed Shell Swept Hilt Rapier

    SKU: 07-88CHR
    Rated 0 out of 5
    $511.41 Add to Cart
  • Sale! Radaelli Saber

    Radaelli Saber

    SKU: SH2200
    Rated 0 out of 5
    $184.00 Add to Cart
  • Sale! Colichemarde Sword

    Colichemarde Sword

    SKU: 07-88CLMS $404.91 Add to Cart
  • Sale! Practical Cup Hilt Rapier

    Practical Cup Hilt Rapier

    SKU: SH2261
    Rated 0 out of 5
    $280.00 Add to Cart

The rapier sword was popular in the late 16th century and early 17th century. The rapier was a dueling weapon whose form was developed from cut-and-thrust swords. Its use was more brutal and forceful than the light sport fencing we know of today.

Originally, starting about 1470, any civilian sword was often referred to as simply a “rapier,” but it quickly took on the meaning of a slender, civilian thrusting sword. There is also an English document from the 1500s that uses the term “rapier-sword” for advising courtiers how to be armed, indicating the understanding that there were new slender blade styles coming into civilian use.

Eventually developing into an edgeless, ideal thrusting weapon, the quick, innovative rapiers superseded the military cut-and-thrust swords for personal duels and urban self-defense. Being capable of making only limited lacerations, earlier varieties of rapier swords are still often confused with the cut-and-thrust swords, which gave gestation to their method.

As a civilian weapon of urban self-defense, a true rapier was a tip-based thrusting sword that used stabbing and piercing, not slashing and cleaving. True rapiers ranged from early designs with flat and triangular blades to thicker, narrower hexagonal ones. The rapier blade had no true cutting edge like those of military weapons for war.

Rapier hilts range from swept hilt styles to later dishes and cups.

What Type of Sword Is a Rapier?

Rapiers are civilian blades used for dueling and defense, as well as a military sidearm popular in Western Europe during the 16th century until the early 17th century. Rapiers are a type of sword with a slender two-edged blade and a sharp-pointed end used for stabbing and piercing.

Fun fact: Many of the films set in the 16th and 17th centuries use épées and foils used in fencing sport rather than true rapiers.

Your Blade of Choice

Whether you’re looking for an accurate replica for LARP, cosplay, or other pursuits, our rapiers are some of the best and most detail-oriented steel crafts you can find on the market today.

From Classical Swept Hilt and Bone Grip Swept Hilt rapiers to Hutton Sabers and Colichemarde Swords, we provide a wide range of rapiers to choose from. We know the devil is in the details, Which is why we only choose high-quality craftsmanship for our sword merchandise.

Our blades are forged from high carbon steel, which gives them weight so they feel genuine in your hands. Many of them are crafted by hand to capture all the finer details and are modeled after real 16th- and early 17th-century weapons for the utmost accuracy.

Whether you’re looking for LARP or cosplay accessories, collectibles, or decorations, you’ll find the best historical weaponry, armors, clothing, and accessories here at Medieval Collectibles.

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