Assertion: early rapier | /r/CapableOf | become tapered
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text: This Early Rapier is a 16th Century Sidesword/Cut-and-Thrust sword that has become longer and more tapered, hinting at the form that would become the rapier, though it is early on this evolutionary divergence and its handling characteristics are solidly grounded in the Cut-and-Thrust style.