A Rapier that Cuts Better than a Two-handed Greatsword? LK Chen Saxony German Military Rapier Review
Can rapiers cut? With some rare exceptions, they can cut to certain extents. Can a rapier cut potentially better than a two-handed greatsword/zweihander/montante? Most can’t, but this Saxony rapier by LK Chen can. Even though carrying the long slender blade and swept-hilt associated with the images of rapiers, its 40“ blade isn’t typical in the blade width--coming in at 36mm at the base (60-100% boarder than the stereotypical thrust-focused rapiers), with a hollow ground diamond cross section. It also has the correct base thickness () and distal tapering (from at the base down to at midpoint and near the tip).
Properly made rapiers like this are exceedingly are on the reproduction market. The majority are SCA-rated floppers that can be bent into a C-curl with minimal force, which make them unable to do any meaningful cut OR thrust, I showed a Windlass Christus Imperat rapier which starts at a laughable and tapers to 4mm--completely wrong mass distribution to ha
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