Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-26039386-20151207052048/@comment-27275832-20151207235540

he wanted a sniper rifle, and said "Hey, why don't we stick a blade on it"  It says so in the production diary. I doubt he was thinking about whether or not it was a thing yet.

anyway, as to Ember Cilica, that's probably one of the most practical weapons on team RWBY. Blake's being the most impractical.

Any other weapons people want to argue about?