bodejodel
For the record, using the pommel of the sword (the part on the end of the sword, closest to you if you held it like a fencer) was usually the densest part of the sword. It had to act as a counter-weight for the rest of the sword to keep it well-balanced, which meant it had to be extremely heavy in an extremely small space, making it excellent for blunt-attacks (hence why the more-strike was so powerful).
Wouldn't that just count for fencing foils, rapiers and other thrusting type of "swords"?(and yes, that's part of the reason pommels existed. The closer the balance point to the crossguard, the more manoeuvrable the sword is)
If I would like to chop some fleshy bit of of someone I'd want the weight in the tip to land as much metal with as much speed and force as possible on him...