Rapiers
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Wood Grip Rapier
SKU: SH1024 Original price was: $325.00.$286.00Current price is: $286.00. Add to Cart -
Cavalier Rapier
SKU: 07-88FCR Original price was: $449.89.$359.91Current price is: $359.91. Add to Cart -
Practical Swept Hilt Rapier
SKU: SH1099 Original price was: $264.00.$228.00Current price is: $228.00. Add to Cart -
Practical Swept Hilt Long Rapier
SKU: SH1098 Original price was: $271.50.$238.00Current price is: $238.00. Add to Cart -
Ribbed Shell Swept Hilt Rapier
SKU: 07-88CHR Original price was: $629.89.$511.41Current price is: $511.41. Add to Cart -
Colichemarde Sword
SKU: 07-88CLMS Original price was: $506.14.$404.91Current price is: $404.91. Add to Cart -
Practical Cup Hilt Rapier
SKU: SH2261 Original price was: $308.00.$280.00Current price is: $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Eventually developing into an edgeless, ideal thrusting weapon, the quick, innovative rapiers superseded the military cut-and-thrust swords for personal duels and urban self-defense.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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