The original quest reward for the Monk Test of Fists is Wu's Tranquil Fist. According to this post on Oct 18 2000, well after the alleged Jul 19 2000 patch mentioned above, a GM on Drinal awarded the Wu's Tranquil Fist to Brokenarra LifeFist as part of a GM reimbursement for quest turn-in items that were eaten. If the Sky quests upgrades had gone in on Jul 19 2000, the GM would have awarded the upgraded item, the Wu's Fist of Mastery.
https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/...97190902021684
A post from Jun 12 2001 (which supports the March/April 2001 upgrade date) then mentions that the fists were updated:
https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/...99236379585306
The patch notes from March 27, 2001 have this tidbit at the end which further supports they included the "new" Sky quests in this patch:
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*Quest*
Several new quests have been added as well, so don't be afraid to talk
to the folks of Norrath, they might have new information for you.
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I believe the Jul 19 2000 patch notes are just some one-off stat adjustments (perhaps haste on quest belts) that did not involve brand new quest rewards, which happened in the later Mar 27 2001 patch based on the GM reimbursement evidence I posted above.