I spent some time a few years back (alot of years back, it was school, but have a very keen interest to this day) studying victorian england and it's influence on the world, and it was very violent and everyone carried weapons, the "dandy's" carried elegant weapons that matched their dress sense, eleborat walking canes/sticks, some where lead filled and used like a stick/cudgel, others elegant slender swords and daggers, all beautifully crafted and engraved, all very deadly.
And don't forget firearms, small handcrafted derenger type weapons, elegant easily concealed where a dandies favorite.
Empty hand stuff was the stuff of the common people and pretty rare when everyone carried weapons, so cudgels, sticks etc were the ruffians choice as thats all they could afford. But he may of had rudimentary boxing skills from school (like the fencing) but not enough to ruin his looks so to speak.
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