How about the staff weapon?

Volpafire

I know there are more pressing issues to be dealt with at the moment but, how about adding the staff somewhere down the line? After all it is on most of the promotional art and advertisement for the game. It will also be a good balance between the blunt and cutting properties of the weapons.

Kuta_of_kismet

Kilik from Soul Caliber IV as a start. The devs brought the fur.