I've seen jackets that are called 'Jacobean' or 'Swordsman'. There is a tight cuff and a normal shoulder, but for the rest of the sleeve - half of it isn't there. I suppose that is an exaggeration, but the inner sleeve, from armpit to wrist is missing. How that is supposed to be better for sword fighting, I don't know. I think, in truth, it is a bit of 'made up' history, because I have seen the same type of jackets being worn in Shakespearean plays - Romeo and Juliet comes to mind. And that was supposed to have happened in the 1600s. There was a style on the Continent where men had a kind of reverse box-pleat in their sleeves of a different colour. But that would be expensive and I can't really see ordinary people being able to afford what amounted to two extra sleeves worth of material added to a jacket.

I think we suffer from a lot of fanciful history in the kilting world.

Regards

Chas