Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28776596-20160913152557/@comment-25936766-20161006122747

Maybe. My point was mostly that, given the emotional attachment to the item, or to the original owner of the item at least, Jaune would at the least try to keep it as close to the original image as possible, instead of changing it into something else.

So he could upgrade the shield, if not now then maybe later, but it would remain a shield, and the appearance would remain at least mostly the same (instead of becoming something that makes you say "what is this and where is Pyrrha's Shield?").