Usually, Roblox swords are supposed to be held upright. Many of these swords are supposed to be stood upward. But when it comes to this gear, it lays flat in your hand instead of being held upright like a usual sword. Here is a comparison using the bugged item and a item without this issue.
What should be happening: the sword being in a upright position.
If fixed, then the gear should be held in a proper position, (holding the sword up.) Then the sword would be upright and the issue would be fixed, which would make the item work properly.
I also noticed on the unofficial wiki page that the Great Sword Justice gear functions as a back accessory too, so it would be pretty neat to see that functionality return in the future.
Thank you for the report. We went back and did some research, as well as look through our old files, and found that this sword is more of a back accessory than something you hold in your hand. We restored that version, so it should sit on your back now as originally intended.
I’ve noticed that after this change, the sword only sits on your back when you equip it in the avatar editor as a gear and doesn’t appear in games with gears disabled. In a game where gears are allowed it just appears in the correct position on your back and can’t be found in your backpack as a gear. I think it should be changed to a back accessory as it’s still very broken right now. (unless that’s not possible)