I am currently building a wm, and I'm using Kukris, dual wielding. There is a +7, Kukri of the Master available, and it is accessible to lower lvl chars, providing you have the gold.
The reason for the choice has been discussed here, critical threat range, using Dev Crit. This is not a dex based fighter, but a solid tank, using the best of the best heavy armor. The char's current threat range is 10-20. He has yet to achieve even overwhelming critical, which is of course required for Dev Crit, but is still scoring criticals in the 80 point range, and has had good success against the creatures he has encountered that are immune to critical hits.
I would strongly suggest that even though yes, there are a lot of long swords available, and some are quite good, the best weapon of choice should have a higher threat range for criticals, even if you would choose to not use the Dev Crit feat.
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