Grips

[Lorie]

In FFXI we had grips. They went in the off-hand slot. I believe SE did not allow dual wield, monk, or paladin to equip these but I think it would ok to do this in XIV considering off-hands are not used for a weapon on 2 of the jobs. To make up for the shield being an off-hand could give them an extra guaranteed materia slot. Here's some of what the stats looked like on them.
http://ffxiclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Grips

Just was wondering about this and what people think.

Make stats that we can use in this game. =)

[Belhi]

The stats on Main Hand weapons factor in the fact there isn't an off hand for the class. If they added something like this you would see the Main hand weapons nerfed to balance it. In the end it really wouldn't make much difference apart from needing to collect another piece of gear. This is the case with PLD weapons and their Shields.