If you've heard of the exploit that lets you have a bound item permenantly, i recommend not using them if they have the Increase ability effect. i used the cheat to keep the bound longsword with longblade +10, there is a bug that if you unequip and reequip, the skill increase may not go away like it should. so now my longblade skill is like 600 which is pretty overpowered as you can imagine. and my Marksman skill is up at like 200+ from my bound longbow. well, i started over. got a new character, and i'm determined not to cheat this time :D

strange, I got the boaund long sword with +10 to long sword and no matter what I do it still become 110 ( 100 max longsword + 10 )in longsword skill.

man you are lucky. ;)

Do you have it as a permenant item?
i have it in my inventory all the time.
I have a few swords and a bow that i use all the time
and i have my mouse wheel setup to change my weapons.
I usually just wheel through them till i get what i want.
every once in a while when i check my stats the longsword
value is way up there. i think i has to do with changing
weapons so often and so fast.
and its really not a good thing

I have it and use it as well for 3/4 of my game before I got Goldbrand. and nope my longsword skill never goes above 110.

maybe because my game version is diffrent?

If you switch to your bound items very fast, the effect tends to stay permanent and increases everytime you equip those items. For example, if you make a custom spell to cast bound longsword for 0 sec, each time you cast this spell, you will get a +10 long blade skill permanently. So much for bug exploitation, eh?

cheats are for gimps