Well. As I recall it was an exceptionally long dagger. A long dagger for a Dragaeraean is a VERY long dagger for an easterner. So, although not a foil or eppe (or whatever Vlad uses), it's certainly pretty long, and could probably be used pretty well. Iceflame is a dagger, and Sethra seems to have no trouble at all. As I recall in FHYA, Aliera challenges Sethra to a duel (one of the many times) and says that even though Sethra only has a dagger, she is not disadvantaged if she were to fight Aliera when Aliera has a sword. -Jeff On Feb 21, 2004, at 12:42 PM, Dave Cooper wrote: > After reading Issola, the regret I have is that the morganti weapon > that was transformed was a long dagger, rather than the fencing weapon > that Vlad is used to. He is, of course versed in the use of hand to > hand dagger fighting, but his preffered method is foil and dagger. > Now Iceflame is a dagger, but both Blackwand and Pathfinder are full > sized swords, and thus more effective in battle, especially since > Great weps AND morganti weps can kill with the smallest scratch. The > dagger used in the left hand is for defence and coup de grace strokes, > not for light strokes. > > From the Issola reading, I get the impression that Lady Teldra is just > a bit shorter and much thinner than a machete, more like a thin viking > sax. I just think that she would have prefered a larger home. )) > > Dave > > PS> I was just sick of the Robert Jordan threads... wanted to start > something different. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee when you click here. > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 >