Assertion: rapier's blade | /r/HasProperty | drawn
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text: To allow the blade to fit into a scabbard, these were typically simple removable pegs of wood or bone, but some examples have spring-loaded shafts that automatically deploy when the blade is drawn.
text: Yet, sword duels could be impromptu affairs with nothing formally declared and only the understanding that once blades were drawn no one was going to interfere.