Assertion: rapier's form | /r/HasProperty | mortuary sword
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text: Cut & Thrust sword - a form of transition sword from the heavier, wider Medieval blade to the thinner, edgeless rapiers of the Renaissance, they were used for hacking, slashing, stabbing, had compound hilts and employed fingering, they were military blades that became popular for civilian use until superseded by the rapier (other forms of later military cut & thrust swords include the: schiavona, spadroon, cutlass, mortuary sword, hanger, and saber)