It also contains a socket to which the electronic scoring system wiring can be connected. The modern version of the dueling rapier, the foil is perhaps the best known fencing apparatus. The teaching ...

Epee: A thrusting sword descended from the dueling sword, similar in length to a foil but heavier, with a larger guard and a much stiffer blade Mask: Made of wire mesh with gaps of less than 1/10 of ...

Even Abraham Lincoln was called to duel: he had referred to one man as a "smelly, foolish liar" in a newspaper editorial. Lincoln chose swords over pistols, in the hope that his long arms would ...