Thread:KNN005/@comment-25266931-20170304160915/@comment-26397825-20170305072247

ACWeapons wrote: I meant did Qrow teach her proper swordsmanship in case the scythe didn't work out? It's possible it was the other way around, actually. Ruby could have been started on the sword, since that is the main form of Qrow's weapon and she really looks up to him. However, the manga revealed that she does actually remember her uncle saving Yang and Ruby from the Beowolves when Yang was searching for he rmother, and the show depicted him with a scythe in a that moment, so she may have been determined to use the scythe to be a hero just like her uncle.

So basically, Signal started her on swordsmanship (with Qrow giving pointers as another sword user) but she decided she wanted to use a scythe instead, which is when Qrow took her under his wing fully to teach her how to use it.