Ruby Knife

Ruby Knife
Japanese Name	あかきナイフ
Equipment Type	Key Item
Description	A ruby-colored knife carved from dreamstone.

The Ruby Knife (あかきナイフ, , Red Knife^?) is a Key Item in Chrono Trigger.

Story

Melchior, the blade's crafter, presents Crono with the Ruby Knife after his release from Mountain of Woe and Schala's abduction by Dalton in Antiquity.

Crafted from Dreamstone, an extinct mineral, it was made to destroy the Mammon Machine. Once plunged into the head of the machine, the resulting skew of energy transformed the knife into the legendary Masamune. Likely to revive the blade, it was infused with the spirits of Masa & Mune, who protect the sword later in Denadoro Mountains. Oddly enough, in Magus' flashback of the Mammon Machine's destruction, neither the Masamune nor the Ruby Knife (nor any other blade) is depicted as having been stabbed into the machine. This oddity implies that Melchior was not exiled from Zeal in this timeline (that is, before Crono and company intervened) and thus had enough time to complete the blade to its mature form.

Trivia

Ruby Knife transforms into Masamune

Masamune is the only equip-able blade to not cause an attack or defense alteration when battling the Mammon Machine. Many believe this explains that the Masamune originated from the Ruby Knife.