Oshawott are not born, as some have imagined, with a scalchop on their stomachs the moment they hatch out of their eggs, but these pokemon do treasure their weapons as if they were another part of their body. Oshawott do receive their scalchops at a very young age, which accounts for part of this belief, for young Oshawotts who have yet to receive one shy away from combat like an Abra; although because they can not teleport, they instead burrow or swim away.
When an Oshawott becomes old enough to battle, it first seeks out a wise Samurott to be their master. Whichever Samurott accepts will give them a scalchop, which serves not only as a weapon, but as proof that the Oshawott has become their student, and will proceed to train them in the fighting styles of their species. Although some Samurott will train many Oshawott in a single lifetime, and must make new scalchops constantly, it is customary to hand down one's original scalchop to one's first pupil, and many scalchops in use today are hundreds of years old.
In this era, when Oshawott's evolutionary line is unknown in the wild, these pokemon often instead call humans masters. Although many trainers will search long and far for elite Samurott in their area, and breeders often do likewise, for Samurott have a taboo about training their own children, their searches are often unsuccessful. Moreover, although pokemon trainers can rarely claim mastery of an ancient Samurott school of fighting,.they have typically learned to bring out the power of countless pokemon, and often see no reason why Oshawott should be an exception.
As hard as some Oshawott can be to train, some trainers have found it even more difficult to make a working, battle-ready scalchop with tools and human hands.