Yes, my own world's concept of it is a bit different than others I have heard. Though magic is not well understood by my world at large, so it is a bit of an obscure practice.

[She tries not to sound like she's boasting too much.]

It shifts from a blade to a whip, and moves with far more control than such a thing ought to. I built it myself, and used alchemy to imbue it with such properties.