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Choice weapons and weapons of choice.

Note that using a discipline weapon grants +2 to the maneuver DCs of that discipline. Broken Blade maneuvers can only be performed with the discipline weapons.

Simple weapons
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Spiked Gauntlet (light, close): It doesn't take up a hand, and can't be disarmed.
Dagger (light, light blade/thrown): Two damage types, can be thrown, easy to hide.
Wooden Stake (light, close/thrown): Aside from being handy for vampire slaying, one of the few close weapons that can also be thrown.

Quarterstaff (two-handed, double/monk): The only non-exotic double weapon.

Martial weapons
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Kukri (light, light blade): With 18–20 threat range, the classic crit-fishing weapon.
Starknife (light, light blade/thrown): Melee weapon with 20' range if thrown, x3 crit modifier gets you d8's for Deadly Strike.
Armour spikes (light, close): Like spiked gauntlet, better damage.

Rapier (one-handed, light blade): Finessable, 18-20 threat range.
Scimitar (one-handed, heavy blade): Finessable with the Dervish Dance feat, 18-20 threat range.

Chakram (ranged, heavy blade/light blade/thrown): Good range and base damage. Can be used in melee in a pinch (not recommended).

Longbow (ranged, bow): The stable ranged weapon for most everyone.

Exotic weapons (only worth it if you get proficiency for free, unless otherwise noted):
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Sai (light, monk): Bonus to Disarm and Sunder.
Tekko-kagi (light, close): Acts as a buckler, can disarm without provoking, bonus to sunder & disarm (vs. certain weapons).

Elven Curve Blade (two-handed, heavy blade): Finessable two-hander, 18-20 threat range.
Double-Chained Kama (two-handed, double/flail/monk): Can be used as a reach weapon or as a pair of kamas. Disarm, trip. Could be worth Double Weapon Finesse, depending on how the DM rules the reach.

Shuriken (ranged, monk/thrown): Treated as ammunition (free action to draw, cheap to enchant, lost if used).
Do you want to add any more to these/rate them yourself? Because I feel like Unarmed Strike needs to be included since there's 1 discipline entirely devoted to it and 2 others that offer it nice support.