Rapier

A rapier, also known as a foil, was a sharpened, pointed, thin sword used for attack and defense. The foil was also commonly used in the sport of fencing.
While infected by the polywater intoxication in 2266, Sulu chased a number of crew members with a rapier before being subdued by Spock. ()
Captain Jean-Luc Picard used a foil during his fencing matches aboard the against Guinan, Lieutenant Dean, and Commander Riker. ()
In 2366, while "playing" Reginald Barclay's holodeck version of The Three Musketeers, the characters played by Data, Picard, Geordi La Forge, and Riker used rapiers for their sword fight with Barclay. ()
Data kept a rapier in his quarters, stored in a shelf. ()
Captain Kathryn Janeway also kept a rapier in her quarters. It was located on her dresser alongside one of her reading chairs. ()
A rapier was among the contraband Ensign Beckett Mariner secreted aboard the . In 2380, Ensign Brad Boimler wielded this rapier to fight a Pakled boarding party. ()
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