Newbie Monk Questions...

[Gumbo]

I was thinking of rolling a Monk and I have a few questions about their skills and equipment.

What is a complete set of Wu's Fighting armor going for? I know there are other items that are better off but would it be better/cheaper to just buy the whole set or just buy the pieces I would be best to use until I'm later in level?

For the hell of it, what's a complete set of Black Pantherskin Armor going for?

Should I just go with hand-to-hand combat or should I switch off to 1 handed blunt as well?

Can I do both? Have my primary weapon be 1 handed blunt and have my secondary weapon be hand-to-hand weapon and vice-versa?

I'm sure I'll have more questions later...

Thank you...