Talk:Crescent Rose/@comment-10390252-20130726084028

It's interesting to speculate how Professor Ozbin could recognise what one presumes is a personal bespoke on-off and categorise it as 'one of the most dangerous weapons ever designed'.

I'm thinking that Signal gives its students disassembled production weapons and lets them trick them out to suit their own style. Ruby implied that the main customisation on Crimson Rose is the multi-payload capability of the rifle. I wouldn't be surprised if the flexible scythe head is another customisation that she designed herself.

Another explanation is that it is a near-duplicate of another, far more famous weapon, dating from the War in which Jaune's great-grandfather fought. Which is odd... because Ruby has never seen that weapon in her life, it was lost when its weilder died in combat on a snow-covered cliffside...