Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26397825-20170714130723/@comment-26397825-20170725133155

Remove the blood magic and crazy possession thing, and it becomes a scythe-sword that can be attached to a spear. Nothing special, though in universe rules state that the only people who have considerable skill with a scythe that Ozpin has heard of is Ruby and Qrow - and Ozpin has heard of a lot of people. It means that while scythes are okay to use as weapons, they should be reserved as alternate forms that the user is not as skilled in compared to the other forms of the weapon.