Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26993711-20160324045212/@comment-2005101-20160410152929

Seelentau wrote: Plus, Orochimaru looked for them, so at one point, they weren't in Itachi's possession. Or how would Orochimaru know about them if they only existed since Itachi had his Susanoo? Have you considered the possibility of this armament being used through another Uchiha ancestor's Susanoo from the distant past? Maybe even before Indra's descendants came to be known as the Uchiha?

Of course, that would raise questions concerning how this ethereal/spiritual object(which I have always presumed to be described this way because they are comprised of the immaterial chakra from which it originates) is known as a type of Kusanagi no Tsurugi, and what defines this "brand" of grass cutters in general... Which we'll never get answers to. ._.

People keep coming to the conclusion that Itachi went seeking out these items to accessorize his Susanoo with, just because they have vague history, and Orochimaru sought one of them out. Admittedly, it's the easiest conclusion to reach, but it's not the only one available to us—and this is why I've insisted that Itachi's acquisition of these items be left vague in their related articles on this wiki in the past.

I still personally believe they are just as inherently a part of Itachi's ocular power as the Enton weaponry/sabre, and kris-lookin' blades are to Sasuke and Madara's. It's not like they would be the only "legendary" items forged from a prior established, innate ability... See: the Nunoboko no Ken.