Welcome, I can not give you advice on the cymbals, (I never play with my hands) but I wanted to advice you to use tape over your fingers in order NOT to damage your fingers. Check out Johnson & Johnson, they have tons of surgical tape of different sizes that will work great for the purpose. (there is some great
drum tape available at our drum store also...)
I actually know one of the coolest hand drummers from NY (at least he is one of the coolest in my opinion) - He never plays without drum tape on his fingers...
Here is his link if you are interested:
http://www.shakerleg.com/Hope that helps...