Thread:Omojuze/@comment-4726368-20151014145144/@comment-2140588-20151014151417

Sarutobii2 wrote: Its a weapon enhancement, not an attack. the blade is moulded using flames (the handle is not the weapon, at least I'm pretty sure it isn't) The blade is called an "Excalibur". To explain to you in Naruto terms: Chidori Sharp Spear. It's a spear (a weapon), but is created out of lightning.

Both the attack (as in the formation of the blade) and the handle make the weapon. So it's both a flame attack and a weapon simultaneously.