Talk:Mercury Black/@comment-24.171.87.142-20140710212625/@comment-4010415-20140710214534

Like Darkcloud said. Plus, we have been told that there are weapon types. Ruby's scythe is a High Caliber Sniper Scythe, and Qrow, who is also a scythe-wielder, taught Ruby how to use hers. Since she said that she designed hers, it's safe to say that High Caliber Sniper Scythe is just a basic weapon type, and HCSS's can vary from person to person, depending on who designed the weapon in question.

Yang's weapon is Dual Ranged Shot Gauntlets. It's not too much of a stretch to imagine that DRSG can have the G stand for Gauntlets or Greaves. Yang would rather fight with her fists, so she went with the Gauntlets design, while Mercury preferred to kick, so he went with the Greaves design. Same basic weapon type, designed slightly differently by their wielders.

On a side-note, this theory can apply to Ozpin calling Ruby's scythe "one of the most dangerous weapons ever designed." He could have been talking about the weapon type, not Crescent Rose specifically.