Views as in "No, you fool! Stop at once!"
or "Great Idea!"
or "Great Idea and what you should do is drill a small hole through the handguard of the rapier and insert a small bit of wire, cut to length so that it looks like a crossguard. Use guitar string or those super tungsten wires that come with the Battletech mechs. Then apply a couple of dabs of superglue to the tips of the wire to form the buttons of the crossguard. If you then cut the raiper down to the length of a nice main-gauche, you should get an excellent looking off-hand dagger."
I think the latter view might be the most helpful. :wink: