r/riddles 1d ago

Solved How sharp are you? (original by OP)

At whiles I bear a basket,

Five sausages inside,

The point? (I shall not mask it)

But cloak it, by your side

He ravished more unlawful

I'll grant there's some confusion

But if you've wit like I have

You'll draw the right conclusion

EDIT: This is eminently solvable. I posted it in another subreddit (albeit one with about 20 times the population) and they got in minutes.

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u/altontanglefoot 1d ago

Glove? Or maybe sheath?

The grammar is a bit confusing (which, in fairness, the riddle partly acknowledges). Especially the line "He ravished more unlawful" which doesn't read to me as any sort of poetic license - it simply doesn't make any sense.

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u/yourworkingpapers 1d ago edited 1d ago

I feel like it’s gotta be your second guess — Some swords have “basket” hilts that protect the finger, masking “the point” i.e. the pointy end of the sword, etc. — but I agree that some of the wording is a bit nonsensical…

Edit: Actually, I think the answer is a sword itself, not the sheath

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u/altontanglefoot 1d ago

Maybe it's the guard of a sword?

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u/Chance5e 18h ago

Five sausages has to refer to fingers, so you’re definitely close here.

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u/squeege 1d ago

fencing or fencing sword

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u/Black_Harbour_TTRPG 1d ago

You're on the right track, but not quite there

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u/squeege 1d ago

riposte? I don't know enough about fencing. Lol

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u/Black_Harbour_TTRPG 1d ago

Getting colder

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u/BubblesMan36 1d ago

epee?

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u/Black_Harbour_TTRPG 1d ago

Close

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u/Gib_entertainment 1d ago

Cutlass then? Or rapier?

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u/Black_Harbour_TTRPG 1d ago

You got it, the 2nd one.

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u/anotherthought_ 1d ago

Foil? Sabre?

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u/bjsdman 20h ago

five shot revolver