Sorry if this has been asked before, searched with no luck.

What is the best Melee weapon? I'm fairly new to TC (Level 4) and I think I need a kicka$$ melee weapon for protection. I have the chainsaw, but was thinking about spending a good chunk of cash on the Items market for something great.

most people say it is the yasukuni sword is the best but i think it is the samurai sword.......

im not anyone to say anything on dual stuff, i think you need to compleet a mish and train to use them anyway

I wouldn't recommend spending any money on weapons...
They don't really matter much, and you shouldn't attack often anyway.

But otherwise my advice is to look at weapon stats
(you can find them all here:
spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pPQNnBFLWKgLmSDPN413mSg )
and get something that's really cheap but effective. It used to be that the most expensive weapons are the best, but that's no longer the case, so you can be a a smart shopper if you want (;

Melee wepaons with higest damage are dual wepaons (Dual axes,Dual hammers,Dual scrimitars and Dual samurai swords) which you get at mission Ninja Legacy at level 35.
Except that wepaon with highest damage is Yasukuni sword, which you can buy for 10 merits. But if you are level 4, best wepaons for you are:
-Kodachi swords
-Samurai sword
-Claymore sword
-Katana
You can buy them at Item market or when traveling at level 15.
Don't use Chainsaw because it has got low accuarcy and you will probably never hit.
If you don't have money to buy anything for that list buy a Scrimitar.
But remember: Wepaon which you are going to use it all depends on your stats. If you have got very good speed you can use wepaon with good accuarcy,if you have got very good strength you can use wepaon with low damage;)