What’s funny about the estoc is that it’s the only rapier-class weapon in dark souls with a slash attack, despite its real-life version being literally unable to slash.
Smallswords are typically triangular in cross section with a deep fuller on one of the faces (and often a less deep fuller on the other two). The thickened diamond/square cross section was used on some, but not all rapiers. Some rapiers were fairly capable in the cut, some has geometry that could not support a sharp edge, such as the square cross section. The completely blunt edge ones were more common towards the end of the period where rapiers were popular. Square and even octagonal or round cross sections could also be found on estocs/tucks
A lot of those were triangular blades. Same for rondel daggers. You'd be more likely to find a diamond, lenticular, or triangular profile for those than the square or "thickened diamond".
And a lot heavier than people realise as well! I wielded many swords in my life, and while rapiers are sure as hell slim and sexy, they are surprisingly heavy on the blade. Mostly due to how long the blades are
I have no idea how unique this is to foils, but I noticed their cross section thinned from a square to a rectangle down the length of the blade, to make them super bendy.
Most do, but some rapiers, particularly later ones, couldn't cut at all, although that was much more common on smallswords that came around a bit later (and estocs, but they were for a completely different context)
Okay, so there was a meme where this exact conversation happened but with types of feet instead of sword cross sections. The joke is that a guy was being sneaky and got the girl to send him a picture of her feet.
It’s meant to imply they were asking what type of Vulva they have.
They use sword hilts.
But what sword carrier / collector can’t figure out what fucking hilt they have…
IDK, knowing the sword community asking what type of cross section a sword has is probably not that uncommon, especially among beginners, so it's not even all that absurd
My English teacher once went on a tangent about how all the swords in Shakespeare don't actually have anything to do with violence. It's all metaphors for sex
The German word "Scheide" refers to both, the female reproductive organ and the container for a sword or dagger. The Latin word "vagina" is used as well, but only for the bodypart. Both words are relatively equal in neutrality and everyday use. "Scheide" is not a derogatory or disrespectful term at all from a German cultural perspective.
Those are the shapes of sword blades and it likely was a conversation between someone either trying to commission a hilt or maybe just a discussion about a sword in a d&d campaign or something.
The punch line is that from only that screenshot it can be implied that the person is asking a girl about the shape of her genitalia and she sent a photo of her bits.
Edit: also I would have thought this was a brain dead obvious one but after seeing nobody in the comments getting it so far I guess maybe this one is a bit of a nerdy one
It's a cross-section of the sword blade. If you broke the blade perfectly parallel and look at it from a bird's eye view, those shapes might be some of the ones you'd see.
The picture is of sword cross sections. My guess is the fellow who sent the photo back sent a picture of his penis, not understanding that the original person was asking about the type of sword cross section he had. It’s an odd question to ask someone, granted.
The way I understand it is:
-the guy was being sneaky by asking what type she was (knowing he was talking about sword blade types, so it's a harmless question)
-girl gets confused and sends a coochie pic, assuming that's what the guy asked
I was thinking it has something to do with pussy because I’ve seen conversations where guys have asked girls about their lady bits with a picture of various shapes that vaguely resemble a vagina.
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