what i would do is I would saved up some gils to get all share-able artisan gears (pants, shoes, chest and gloves) , once you meet the requirement for Book II token, you can try to HQ them if you fail to HQ them, you can use them for your supra.

this is the guide i use to get Book II

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzO43-1-EPg

these were my stats when i started getting the book II

BSM 452/ 409/ 392 -over meld with 2.4 BIS
Rest of DOH 394/ 387/ 392 - over meld with full artisan gears but offhand, the militia offhand has no meld at all..