Helena Duel

A Helena Duel is an alleged form of dueling by knife fight, rumored to have been made famous in Helena, Texas.
According to "Texas; a guide to the Lone star state" (a guide published in 1940 by the Texas State Highway Commission): Among the outlaws of this area is said to have originated that sanguinary form of personal encounter called the Helena Duel. It consisted of tying the left hands of the duelists securely together with rawhide, giving each a knife with a three-inch blade, whirling them around rapidly a few times and turning them loose. The shortness of the knife blades prohibited the likelihood of a fatal single stroke, and the fight progressed as a gruesome, gory slashing match while the contestants hacked away furiously. No quarter was given or expected.
In Media
This type of dueling also appears in fiction, such as
* Leslie Scott's Silver River Ranch (1961)
* The 2016 film , starring Woody Harrelson
* The poster of the 1950 film The Iroquois Trail features two men engaged in combat with blades, tied at the right wrists.
The cover 's July 1958 issue is a painting depicting two men (one alleged to be James "Jim" Bowie) tethered at the left wrist dueling with knives.
A variant of this type of dueling is featured in pop singer Michael Jackson's music video for the song "Beat It".

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