Is there any side sowrd[cut and thrust] mainly for thrusting

[YIzhe LIU]

I heard some one discribed that side sword[cut and thrust sowrd] had two sorts of.One kind is mainly for thrusting,they had narrow and thick blades, another is mainly for cutting,they had wide blades.

Is that true????

[Sal Bertucci]

Mostly. You have to understand that when these manuals were written these people just called everything a "sword" or a "rapier".

FYI: "Cut & Thrust" is NOT a historical term, but one we find useful to distinguish a later cutting sword from a rapier, which we describe as more "thrust oriented". Admittedly though the lines can get pretty blurry on specific swords.

One of the ways to distinguish between the two is, as you mentioned, blade design. Wider narrower blades are needed for effective cutting, while thinner more geometric blades are better suited to thrusting.