Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26397825-20170714130723/@comment-25936766-20170731131703

HookshotHotshot wrote:

EDITED: And if you say that this weapon shouldn't exist because the Egyptians didn't exist in RWBY (glares at SYUTK)

What is that supposed to mean? If I rejected it, it'd be for other, more reasonable reasons, like practicality.

For starters, the "Crook" is a Shepherd's Crook. And both the Shepherd's Crook and the Flail (especially the weapon Flail) are not and were not exclusive to Egypt, even if they were symbolical there. So rejecting it because "Egypt doesn't exist in Remnant" would be stupid.

And even regarding practicality, Flails were an actual weapon, as you know, good at hitting around guards but hard to use at close range, while Shepherd's Crooks were, while not the best weapon ever, still decent as defense against predators before guns became a thing. Besides, in this case it's a Dust Crook, so it's own practicality as a weapon isn't important.

That aside, 1 question: How long is the haft of the Flail, exactly?