Pirates and Swords

Sometimes, a picture says it all.Nummy, aren't they?Photo is of Errol Flynn and Basil Rathbone in Captain Blood, 1935. You can see the sword fight here. It's visible that Basil Rathbone was a real fencer; Errol Flynn said, "I really can't fence worth a damn. I just know how to make it look good."Regardless, it's very unlikely sailors of that period would fence as those two did in the movie--the