That is the weapon from the sleeping moon quest line.  It requires a lot of faction.  You need to have 11,900 faction to qualify.  Being an Orc Monk, that meant I had to be max faction before I could get the quest.  There is also an upgraded version that adds 50 fire resistance.  I believe there are other posts on these boards that cover the quest.

whats the point of doing a difficult faction quest for an item that you can only use like.... say.... 100 times?

I'm assuming you dont get a life long supply of them. sounds liek a lot of work for nothing

Crafted shurikens of the "light" variety have a range of 35 meters. 1 ore(ingot) makes 600 shurkien. That and you can also modify the damage types to whatever you want. Say all your gear is Qalian style and gives a bonus for slashing damage, then mod your throwing weapons to deal slashing damage. Whether or not Qalian style is actually slashing damage I cannot remember. If the quested 30m range shuriken end up doing 1500 damage as it states then they are absolutely superior, but for now go with crafted. Cheers

Yes, good point. Finding that information has proven to be rather annoying now hasn't it?

Well, IF Talisker keeps his word, this might actually be good news for a change. Thanks for the update 

Well it looks like crushing disappointment is the order of the day:

http://www.vanguardmonks.com/option,com_smf/Itemid,27/topic,833.msg5960/topicseen,1/#new

Anybody with the upgraded version have any better news?

Actually, when I think about it, the whole t4 blacksmith making better may be one of the main reasons for why they did it.  They may be trying to look out for that blacksmith so that he isn't run out of business by everyone getting an unlimited supply of better-than-his shurikens.

Now, I like the idea of having an infinite supply of things to throw as much as the next guy, but I don't think its unreasonable for us to have to pay a blacksmith (or become a blacksmith) to sport the best throwing items.  It ensures that the crafted gear is still valuable though not essential.

Also, we have to remember that its no small thing to become a T4 blacksmith anyway    If we do anything, I suggest we make the questline less tedious and grind-oriented

Of course, my opinion is based on how I only use throwing items for pulling.  I don't care too much about how much damage I do on a throw as long as the mob is runnin for me afterwards.  For pullin, I'd still get the summon pouch so I could keep myself supplied with infinite pulling fodder.