Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26397825-20160609071212/@comment-24534644-20160609084619

Not exactly. Her Semblance allows her to inscribe runes on solid surfaces for different effects. The weapon is similar to Glynda's in that it's much easier to make said runes in a larger format (as in, larger than her hand) when there is something to make them with through which she can focus her Semblance. But the real purpose of the weapon is for Dust combat, as well as to infuse the runes she makes with different Dust types as she's making them.

So it's kinda similar to Glynda's weapon, but not quite.