And thanks for the clarification on arcanist "distaffs", which was more interesting than I was expecting the answer to be!

I guess if anyone is going to still be equipped with an outdated, obscure weapon, Urianger is probably the one character where it actually makes sense!

(In a similar vein, it occurred to me a while ago that it seems rather appropriate that his alternate costume choice of the Orthodox mage's robes seems to be thousand-year-old Dravanian clothing - at least judging by the fending version being the uniform of Haldrath's knights.)