User blog comment:Zathronas/Speculative author: The motivation of a Huntress/@comment-25234389-20141004160611/@comment-24218038-20141004171658

Ozpin said that the scythe is the most powerful weapon for a huntsman and he only saw one person weild it properly.. until Ruby that is.

So my guess would be he is powerful indeed. But if I had to guess (which is basically what this whole blog is about) they give him a quirky personality to compensate. Something like playing the affable old man who's always seem to get into light trouble or something of that nature.