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Originally Posted by M ELEY
Fascinating information from all involved. I personally loved that movie 'The Duelist'. Just wanted to add that as far as fencing goes, the German academic schools also were heavily involved and it was quite popular to bare the scars provided by the matches, so much so that it became a Hollywood steriotype to show movie villains of the era with such scars-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dueling_scar |
That is a truly fascinating article on scars - thank-you - which I would never have encountered if not for your post.