Talk:Qrow's Weapon/@comment-26882656-20160119193901/@comment-226878-20160119212146

Chish, if the red grip remained at the end as the pole telescoped, that would be terribly awkward to handle during transformation with the weight of the blade end being off to one side. It would not be a convenient method during combat. Think of it this way: Qrow could point the bottom of the handle at his opponent during its transformation and it would shoot out at them like a battering ram. Contrarily, there is no way to make your proposal less awkward. Even if he tried to shoot the blade end at his opponent, that's a lot of weight to heft single-handedly. It's one thing to handle that weight consistently, but a sudden shift in a weapon's balancing can throw a fighter offstride.