Most of those things are for the +stats, but who knows.
There's also the
Junior Musketeer's Tuck which Black Mage can equip, but BLMs don't have any sword skill. This one has no stat bonuses, but who knows, maybe SE put it in so that a BLM can sub Thief (which has sword skill) and farm lowbie mobs with a sword for kicks. I've considered it myself. I even think there is a crossbow or bow for BLM.
I wouldn't worry about throwing on BLU. Like Feba mentioned, throwing is pretty useless. Only job that can benefit from throwing is Ninja, but the shurikens aren't cheap. Good Ninjas use the elemental wheel to keep hate. Dedicated Ninjas throw shurikens too.
For pulling purposes, bows and crossbows will mostly be used. Jobs that can't use them are usually casters, so they'll use spells like Dia or Paralyze to pull. Monks hardly ever pull, but they tend to use Chi Blast for those rare occasions. Bards play off key to pull.