Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26198742-20150814001859/@comment-25171492-20151012065144

SpiritedDreaming wrote: Now, my problems with it are your terminology and the blades you decided for it in the first place.

A greasword is a lot longer than a longsword - splitting a greatsword in half lengthways does not create two single edged longswords, due to the sheer length difference. It would be a very thin, very breakable pair of single edged greatswords. Basically, it becomes an extremely long rapier - good for stabbing, but not good for blocking attacks or slashing moves.

A longsword is too long to turn into tonfa. Tonfa are very specifically the length of your forearm, so you don't hit yourself when using it. A longsword is on average just over a metre long - usually about 110cm. Much too long to use as a tonfa effectively.

These two things can be fixed, however, by adding in telescoping blades. However, telescoping blades means he can't use it as a pistol because the blades go inside themselves.

Wait...it's a pistol too? Where's the barrel?

I can see where you are coming from here. Would it be better then if they simply worked as a pair of swords alone instead of combining?

Also, as for the telescopic blades, I would like to point you to Pyrrha and Raven. Both of their weapons extend with seemingly no marks, with Raven's blade doubling in length after being drawn from the sheath, and Pyrrha uses the extention of her spear in combat. If telescopic blades were to be added, they would likely work the same way. And if they were, they would fix the length problem you stated.

I said in the description, I forgot to lable where the barrel is. It's located above the trigger.

And for people saying that the guard style doesn't work, I made it that shape so that the blade could move effectively. If you have any suggestions of how the blades movement could be improved, feel free to throw them my way.