Author Toys #4

Main Gauche.

The Main Gauche is an offhand dagger (aka parrying dagger) most often associated with rapier fighting, and frankly, it's just pretty cool... and all kinds of frustrating to use when you are not ambidextrous! It would take a lot of practice before this weapon was more useful than not for me. This particular example is an antique, but not an original... Hello! Originals go for $5000+. It is a Victorian era replica based on a Spanish design, so oddly enough, I was able to pick this one up for less than if you were to buy one forged yesterday. Bargain shopping for toys is the way to go! The blade is just under 14".

In the Contessa of Mostul Ûbar, we will see many more rapiers and main gauche, as the sword carrying culture of the Gorotan favors dueling weapons and smaller sidearms for their city streets in comparison to the arming sword and ax wielding Silone from the northern wilderness on Kaludor.