Cool!

This video was taken from a flipbook printed in France in the 1880s, according to the documentation on the Youtube page whence I snurched it. It's sabre, of course, as you can tell by the fact that they're cutting with the edge and by the other fact that the blades have those piratey-looking D-shaped hilts.

These moves don't look very efficient, but they do look way swashbuckling and way cool! And it's all about the look, dahling.