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Originally Posted by SteelCaress
They may have mistaken the foil for a real weapon, such as the epee, rapier, or sabre.
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It looks probable. If memory serves, the 'foil' is actually the little bobble on the end that stops the tip from being sharp yes? I remember this, of all things, because of the part in Hamlet where Laertes is given 'an unfoiled fence', meaning a rapier without the bobble on the end.
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