Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-5277710-20130725074855/@comment-23784953-20130726114112

BenRG wrote:

I'm guessing that HCSSs are a production weapon but, due to the hellish difficulty of using them safely, are rare sights.

She might have also dressed it up in her personal colours and adjusted the length of the various elements to fit her body size. So... HCSSs are the RWBY equivalent of Gunblades.

It's almost taller than her. The length is probably one of her personal preference, so that she can pull off the pole dancing kung-fu she did against Roman's crooks.