Nah, I can see the logic. It's not about the range being short, it's about a rapier needing a lot of foot work for proper strikes, since you almost always want to be piercing with one.
Nah, I can see the logic. It's not about the range being short, it's about a rapier needing a lot of foot work for proper strikes, since you almost always want to be piercing with one.
Footwork isn't much different from other one-handed swords. Shorter swords requires more, if anything, since step distance is much greater relative to sword length.