Post-20 Wurmslayer is one of the best weapons you can get. It has AC on a 1H, which will still allow you to equip a shield for more AC. It also has a better ratio than almost any 1H outside of VP or PoSky quests (0.62 for wurmy over 0.59 for SotM). It's also pretty cheap and fairly easy to quest. I've done the quest 2x now, the only thing that keeps me from farming more is Gullerback (grrr). Whenever I do get a third, I think I'll finally roll my alt knight (leaning toward
Tunare Pally).