Minotaurs usually prefer double-axes - but you have to take what you can get!
And a point I have already made here: Dragging a blade across the floor is quite probably rather bad for its sharpness - but it just looks so damn cool.
Kinda reminds me of how the guillotine was considered the more humane method of execution when it was first introduced, because the suffering always ended much faster than when done with an axe or a sword, wherein sometimes more than one strike was needed to kill the convict... 0.o
But then, the fight later on (yes, there will be a fight) would be a bit too lopsided...
weaponstools!