Originally Posted by
Freedom
According to SimC and Requiel's spreadsheet, accounting for the new gem on Sha-touched weapons, as a human my "casual" BiS is actually N Jaws/ N Scimi. The heroic Elegion beats Scimi N by only a small margin on his static values spreadsheet, and my sword expertiese racial pushes Scimi N over H Elegion. Also keep in mind, if you want to progress in Heroics, you need the DPS etc to beat them in the first place, so don't be afraid to use valor on some weapon or trinket that is not BiS.
Plus, I have cooler swords than axes. >.> And don't forget any non hardcore guild with Agi melee DPS is unlikely to let you roll on the Claws of Shek'zeer.
Edit: H Ele to N Scimi is like 1200 DPS loss just off stat weights, unreforged.