Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-23371555-20131010041905/@comment-205.144.62.1-20131129192941

What I did was buy gold or silver ore or ingots, or mine them if you find them, and craft simple rings. Plain gold or silver is easiest. I'd then find a merchant selling soul gems and purchase every filled gem they had, expensive yes but you'll make your money back. I'd put the most expensive enchantment I had on those rings, fortify sneak is a good one, and then sell them back to the merchant you bought the soul gems from.

Best part about using rings is that they're very light weight and so aren't a huge inconvenience if you have to carry a lot of them. The downside to using rings is that not many merchants, general stores and some magical ones, will buy them. An alternative is iron daggers or hide/leather boots, they're heavier but more merchants will buy them from you. Of course, that's a moot point if you have the speechcraft perk that allows you to sell any item to any merchant.

Another way to get souls: Go about getting the Black Star. Enchant a weapon (daggers are best) with soul trap. Sneak attack guards to steal their souls. Guards work best because they're typically a short distance from an arcane enchanter and because they respawn fairly rapidly.