Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-33400028-20180531011504/@comment-4010415-20180531051705

Glitchee123z wrote: So is that where she got the idea for her scythe? Most likely. Miles said she mimics some aspects of Qrow.

In Volume 1 Episode 1, Ruby said "I was complete garbage until he took me under his wing", meaning that she made her scythe first and then Qrow taught her how to use it. It's like she wanted to mimic him by wielding a scythe, only to realize that it's harder than it looks, so he had to step in and teach her how. She also said he was a teacher at Signal, so it's possible that teaching students to properly wield their weapons was part of his job anyway. Hell, someone once asked if we'll ever see a weapons teacher, and Monty said yes. Maybe Qrow was a weapons teacher.