PrintedThe Expert Sword-Man's Companion (Donald McBane, 1728)
Scottish military smallsword and backsword fencing recorded by a veteran soldier and fencing master.
Donald McBane, a Scottish soldier, gambler, and later fencing master, wrote the manual The Expert Sword-Man's Companion in 1728. After decades of service in Europe's wars and duels in London's fencing schools, he compiled practical experience with the smallsword, backsword, and quarterstaff. The treatise is valued for its blunt, unromantic view of fencing as a means of survival, including advice for fighting under unequal conditions. It is an important source for understanding early 18th-century British military fencing.
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