True story.
Many years ago in New Bedford Mass. some poltroon insulted a whaler and challenged him to a duel. He was, I suppose, expecting the whaler to choose a standard weapon of the day because he was very good at using all of them. When the whaler showed up on the field with a harpoon and said to his second, "Stand by to reel this bastard in." The Coxcomb turned and ran.
There are details of course but you get the idea.