> Something to remember is that a renaissance rapier is not a foil. It has a
> 11/2 to 2 inch blade. It's a real sword, albeit an agile one.

Gives a whole new meaning to 'shortsword'.

"The last we saw of your father before they shut the city's gates on
us he was charging alone against the entire Turkish army armed with
nothing but a fruit knife."

;-)

John.

"Once I was a lamb, playing in a green field. Then
the wolves came. Now I am an eagle and I fly in a
different universe."
"And now you kill the lambs," whispered Dardalion.
"No, priest. No one pays for lambs."
- David Gemmel, Waylander