User blog comment:SomeoneYouUsedToKnow/SYUTK's V5E4 - OHANA - Impressions/Recap/@comment-26018514-20171109010240/@comment-25936766-20171109235126

>On one hand, being garbage until Qrow helped her =/= "Ruby used a scythe before then". One can argue that Ruby could've used another weapon-type (though possibly still a polearm), but Qrow taught her how to fight with a style closer to his own because it'd be easier for him.

I mean, he uses a Gun-sword-scythe. It would've been harder for Qrow to teach Ruby how to use something that's not a Gun, Sword and/or Scythe-like polearm, since he didn't specialize in other weapons, and his weapon is too unique to allow Qrow to apply his fighting style to other weapons with the same amount of skill.

>On the other hand, Qrow was her idol, so it is extremely likely that Ruby would've at least started with a polearm of the same or similar kind as a Scythe, though maybe not a Gunscythe.