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Phantomlink959 wrote: I... found my own solution the the sword/bow problem.

My original version of Solace (the bionicle MOC version) used 3 toa-tools. a gravity shield(his own original weapon) twin lightning swords, and a water element bow. when i was finding a way to combine these into a single pair for a RWBY weapon, i realised a pair of swords could connect at the hilt to form the rough shape of a bow, using folding frame tech you can explain that the bowstring is actually in 2 pieces that connect at the ends when the handles hook together, and that it runs up the back of the blades of the swords. a back-curved sword like a katana is best, though a Khopesh would likely be best as the shape of the blade is fairly conducive to a recurve bow. the point where the halves of the bowstring connect (probably screwed together or something like that) could also be used as a center point to knock the arrow or as a trigger. It's interesting that you said that, because an OC for a manga I'm working on has a bow comprised of two katanas.

Also, a seperate OC of mine (RWBY-related) has twin hook swords that also function as a compound bow. The cables are comprised of grappling hooks that are attached at the hilts of the swords. And pulleys are dust rotary chambers that slide down the blade.