Arcane Forged Shortsword

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 5 other one-hand sword items between item level 3 and 10; 0 of them carry fixed stats.

• Its 1.2 damage per second ranks 5th of 6 one-hand sword items in this group; Notched Shortsword (item level 10, requires level 5) has the most, 3.1.
• Attack speeds among the 6 one-hand sword items in this group run from 1.90 seconds (Fine Scimitar) to 2.60 seconds (Shortsword); it swings every 2.60 seconds.
• Cheapest listed one-hand sword items at a similar or higher item level: Notched Shortsword at 74 silver99 copper (item level 10, requires level 5), Feeble Sword at 1 gold (item level 8, requires level 3), Gladius at 1 gold (item level 9, requires level 4).
• Other weapon types for the one-hand slot within 2 item levels of 4: dagger (7): Dirk, Simple Dagger, Acolyte's Dagger; one-handed axe (2): Hand Axe, Arcane Forged Axe; one-handed mace (2): Club, Arcane Forged Mace; miscellaneous (1): Skinning Knife.

Item	Item level	Requires	DPS	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Shortsword	3	-	0.8 (2.60s)	none	1,619 gold88 silver
Arcane Forged Shortsword	4	-	1.2 (2.60s)	none	-
Fine Scimitar	6	-	1.8 (1.90s)	none	-
Feeble Sword	8	3	1.5 (2.00s)	none	1 gold
Gladius	9	4	2.4 (2.10s)	none	1 gold
Notched Shortsword	10	5	3.1 (2.10s)	none	74 silver99 copper