In my first walkthrough I had 8 training bows. I didn't notice at first, when my character became encumbered I noticed the problem. I made a few coins selling the bows. Now on my 3rd start I seem to have 4 shovels, 1 became 4. Now after escaping from the prison camp, I seem to have acquired extra shields. All extra non essential items will be sold for extra cash. I'm sure that's not the way it's intended to be. Other then that it's a great game.