Quote Originally Posted by Panache View Post
See Archie's and Rob Roy's big duel at the end of "Rob Roy" for a great example of this.

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Jamie
Dangit, you beat me to it Panache. I was going to say the same thing. The duel between Archie and Rob Roy is awesome. It does demonstrate though how the rapier took less strength and was way more agile, and in the right hands a more effective weapon for 1 on 1 fighting.

and the concept behind how you would fight a dagger using a claymore or scottish basket hilt, or any long sword weapon would be to maintain the distance between you and your opponent and use the reach you have to slay them.