Talk:Mercury Black/@comment-24.171.87.142-20140710212625/@comment-3146930-20140710213916

In that same conversation that Jaune called his weapon a hand-me-down, Ruby mentions that she made her weapon at Signal and that all students forge their own weapons. Considering Beacon is like the college equivalent of a combat school, then the only people attending would be those that had attended a school like Signal, the high school equivalent of a combat school. Going by that, most people would forge a weapon that fits them instead of accepting a weapon from their parents. Obviously this wouldn't be in all cases, but Ruby's reaction implies that most students would make their own instead of using an outdated weapon.