Talk:Quinque/@comment-24.112.183.49-20151019012158/@comment-24936031-20160111080752

I think it has to be active if it is to function identically to the kagune. That's why the Fueguchi quinque look and work the same as they did when used by the Fueguchi couple themselves. Since quinque are made from kakuhou, not the kagune specifically, we can assume a ghoul with an inactive kagune has their kakuhou harvested and made into quinque steel. The steel would then be forged into a quinque. That likely results in the more weapon-like & less organic-looking quinque like Doujima, 13's Jason and the many sword-shaped quinque; they have the general properties and abilities of the kagune, but aren't identical.

13's Jason's gimmick sort of pokes a hole in the theory, but hey, maybe Chigyo got creative.