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Phantomlink959 wrote: Why does he need a sword when he has an extremely versatile weapon already?

Tai and Qrow are both or nearing their fourties (at the youngest) but don't look quite that old, so i think looking younger is fine if we assume Aura slows down aging due to the limited healing factor. Well that sword is mainly for two reasons. It's a left handed sword that was designed to catch weapons and if necessary, break them. The other reason is that it increases the main weapon's function. If you look, there's a gap in that sword. That is for the main weapon, Aion Walker to be put into. That allows for the hardlight functions to be changed.

But Ahpolki Inika is half right, the sword is only used shen necessary.