A couple of other good starter weapons are the
Cold Iron Morning Star which drops in Permafrost and can be had for pretty cheap (I generally just give them away, because they are hard to sell), and the
Tainted Battleworn Morning Star which drops in Kithicor Forest. It's no drop, but there is an undead cleric that spawns right at the WC zone line that I have seen drop it pretty regularly. If you can get someone to kill it for you a few times, you're set.