The intent is the blade vanishes when you let go of it (that’s one of the meanings of the word “drop”). Beyond Sage Advice. As a GM, I would probably disallow this tactic even without Sage Advice saying it won’t work, though. Anothe spell that is similar to shadow blade is another second level spell, flame blade. More @Wikipedia
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