Any sword technique can be performed with any blade. Heck, Zoro was performing sword techniques bare handed.
Being a swordsman just means, you are at your strongest with swords and can most effectively utilize those techniques using a sword. Shanks with his beloved blade Gryphon > Shanks with an axe.


Being a swordsman just means, you are at your strongest with swords and can most effectively utilize those techniques using a sword. Shanks with his beloved blade Gryphon > Shanks with an axe.
Still an elbaf move
Not a cutting move