I lent it to someone who hadn't done the quest so yes, you can wield them without the quest. Oddly though she said she didn't have a special attack bar on them. So it's possible that you just can't use the spec without the quest; which, I guess kinda makes it useless because it's a spec weapon. You can't use the special if it is lent. But gratz on the drop share I tb'd. yes you can, not for claws apparently, but for gs's and stuff you can