French 1882 Sabre

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Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

As Ibrahiim has noted, some military swords were indeed used in these 'duels, however there were apparently threaded apertures in the blade where a plate was secured to prevent severe injury.

Some relation with the XVIII century fencing foil discipline, with their points protected with a blossom ... thus the name fleuret . Wilder practitioners could always take the knob off and engage into more serious duels.
It looks like women from the period also went into such exercizes

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