it feel more difficult with the saber to close the distance.

I'm sorry good sir but I assure you that should you put a rapier against a 903572039750239759023750972390579230750927390572390572390590x folded katana, the katana would easily win, for it could cut through space and time itself with the slightest of movements.

+Spook Extravagansa I must respectfully disagree, my good man. The Katana lacks a pomel. The rapier user would simply throw his pomel, ending the katana's cut rightly, thus sending the katana's power back against its wielder.

I am afraid, my good sir, that I must correct you on an inaccuracy. The Katana could easily slice through the mighty thrown pommel, given the Katana has a few trillion extra folds. Plus the super samurai ninja warriors were known to tap into their spirit knowledge to learn about secret European techniques, should they eventually encounter them in battle. This would make it easy for them to make quick work of the pommel.

nerf rapier pls

Of course the Katana would halve the rapier effortlessly, but the rapier had a large pommel, which, if thrown well, can split a katana lengthwise.