Talk:Carmine's Weapons/@comment-29684190-20190928141923/@comment-29684190-20190928174936

Okay, I was just asking if it's fine to call them sai.

As for your question, sai have no blade whatsoever, they are just metal sticks. They are usually held at the cross, which would be impossible if they were bladed. They are meant for jabs, stabs, blocks, parries, strikes, trapping weapons, but never for slashing from what I can tell.

That's why these things function as daggers, more than sais. I think there was a similar conversation on Myrtenaster's page whether it was a rapier, epee or foil. But since it was called a rapier by the creator that's what we're going with. Popular culture has a skewed perception of what is what, especially when it comes to weapons, so sometimes it's hard if you know this stuff but you have to call it something else. Not just with RWBY.