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== Nature of the scars ==
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Because ''Mensur'' swords are wielded with one hand and most fencers are right-handed, ''Mensur'' scars were usually targeted to the left profile, so the right profile appeared untouched.<ref>{{Cite book |last=McAleer |first=Kevin |title=Dueling: The Cult of Honor in Fin-de-siècle Germany |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=1994 |isbn=978-0-691-03462-1}}</ref> Experienced fencers, who had fought many bouts, often accumulated an array of scars. A duelist who died in 1877 "fought no less than thirteen duels but had 137 scars on the head, face and neck".<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1877/03/18/archives/dueling-in-germany-the-bane-of-the-universities-burial-of-a-student.html "Dueling in Germany: The Bane of the Universities—Burial of a Student Victim to the Brutal Practice"] Daily Evening Bulletin, (San Francisco, CA) Saturday, 31 March 1877; Issue 149; col F</ref>
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