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					Originally Posted by  Jim McDougall
					 
				 
				Actually I was referring to the title, which terms this a Spanish rapier/broadsword......as I noted, this has nothing to do with broadswords...however as you note.......that key feature of a rapier is not present either. 
			
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 Could it be a remounted transition blade? I know that the long risacco came along later in the progression from cut and thrust to thrusting swords.