First mention of this weaponon allak:
http://classic-web.archive.org/web/2...=7029&start=75
Nov 15th 2001 (One month before Luclin)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everquest
While this is definitely not proof of when the item was originally implemented it at least shows that it was available before Luclin. I know the Monk version was broken for a long time and was fixed just before Luclin.
Asher