rapiers

I never had that impression, myself, but I admit to wondering if the bravo's swords are supposed to have more encompassing hilts (swept hilts, bell cups, and those other sorts you see on rapiers).

Needle Is Here! grrm 2010

Her arms slice the air like rapiers and her feet strike the ground with a unique sound that could be likened to the hard ping of raindrops on a tin roof.

Dancer Malavika Sarukkai wows Kennedy Center with 'Maximum' artistry 2011

Most of “the heavy-duty thinkers” in the R & A divisions had been assigned to the State Department, while the so-called “thin rapiers of steel” in the operational units had been transferred to the War Department.

A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

And as our rapiers played I pondered the manner I should kill him.

Chapter 11 2010

Then it opened its mouth to show me its teeth, as long and sharp as rapiers.

On Desperate Seas « A Fly in Amber 2009

Most of “the heavy-duty thinkers” in the R & A divisions had been assigned to the State Department, while the so-called “thin rapiers of steel” in the operational units had been transferred to the War Department.

A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

Historically-accurate rapiers are very long (often past 36 inches in length).

Stick 'Em With the Pointy End grrm 2010

January 31st, 2010 at 12: 08 pm rapiers idea about giving money to directly to people is a great idea. we have a two tier society and financial system.

Matthew Yglesias » The ECB’s Complacency 2010

They had drawn slim rapiers and were struggling to join the fray.

A Corridor in the Asylum 2010

Within the improvised arena, two men, stripped to their shirtsleeves, were fighting with rapiers.

Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009