Somewhat primed by the discussion at hand, I read the description below that as "a quick
pierce to camera".
(I notice that this rather came to pass, as well. The trouble being that this computer is without audio, right now (I'd have to rearrange the connectors behind the mass of computers on this desk, and didn't feel like doing that for this one clip), and the automatic subtitling is
hilarious! But from what I can gather, stabbing is a minor possibility, just behind parrying in unexpected ways. I don't say you
can't stab, but it's more than a thrust, to be a significantly penetrating impalement blow you'd need to guide it in and be careful to go with the curve or test the limits of the blade's perpendicular strength... I'd personally prefer something straight for making a stabbing attack, but a) I've really got no easily comparable experience to real world battle-situations, b)
regardless of what I was using, I bet at some point I'd be finding my opponents somewhat proof to the weapon I was currently wielding and going "I wish this was sharper" or "I wish this was more crushing" or "I
wish I'd been an archer instead so I could keep out of the affray" or "I wish this crossbow was as good a melee weapon as it is in Dwarf Fortress, now that my bolts have run out and the affray has reached me"....)