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ok, I read on this forum that a good spell for an exquisite belt or ring is the bound longbow... with a constant effect (and +10 on marksman) - just wear the ring or belt and voila! you have the best bow in the game! anyhoo... I did this and used the bow quite a bit (for those beetles and cliff racers while they are still along way off) - well later, I try to sell it by accident and the console says you can't sell 'bound items' - later, I take the 'exquisite belt of bow' off to wear another sanguine belt and the bow is still in my inventory... it still adds 10 points to marksman when I use it... everything is the same... I have the bow, and I am not wearing the belt!!! sooo... is this normal? can I have say... bound boots like this? bound sword? anybody know?

This is a fairly well known bug, and not one I'm inclined to complain about either

Bound items do indeed have the habit of staying around even after you remove the items they're associated with. My present character has both a bound longbow and a bound mace in her possession, but the belt that was originally enchanted with their bound spells is tucked away in her closet somewhere.

That sounds like quite a nice bug to get I wouldn't worry too much about it as bound items weigh nothing anyway so its not really going to cause a problem by staying in your inventory.

I suspect that if you have the bound item repaired, or try to sell it.... this might trigger the bug.

I am just speculating, though, I haven't actually tested it out.