Quote Originally Posted by Archangel
May I ask, Doc, if your statement regarding rapiers and small swords represents a slippage from your usual stance on carrying firearms?
Hardly!

Handguns are more effective, but a sword is more elegant.

If I were wearing a sword as part of daily dress, I'd still have a revolver to lend support if needed.

Some folks would say that Colonel Colt made all edged weapons obsolete in 1835. Then again, some folks consider kilts to be an obsolete mode of dress. I disagree with both groups.