Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26159109-20151007195419/@comment-24674051-20151016151045

Good point. although both weapons use the same basics as the saber. The only difference is that a Cutlass is a single-edged blade, while a long sword is a double edged blade. Sabre fighting in general relies on an equal amount of slashing (using the edge of the blade) and Thrusting (using the point).

However, I'm not sure a sword fight between Gold and Killian is a fair fight. Gold has 0 magic (as far as we know), and he's crippled. he may or may not possess some muscle memory from sword fights he's had, but the crippled ankle is going to make it almost impossible to fight adequately. And, without magic, I am anticipating the previously coward Rumple (though they may have updated his character by the time this fight occurs).