Possible Clues:

• Wit's weapon?
• Thin sharp sword
• Runs onto a jetty producing sword
• Weapon found where the soldiers disembarked?
• The artist gets to the point over the jetty
• The point of this is that it's for the artist on the jetty
• The point of this is that the artist gets onto this at the seaside
• Sword type
• A thin double-edged sword
• Narrow, two-edged sword