You basically have to farm the teeth to get you started but you won't need many.

Then go into the Tos Graveyard or The Throne Room at Castle Vic (when people are fighting) and pick up all the long swords you can carry.

If you have a mule or a room or even a guildchest, you will want to empty out as much of your inventory beforehand as possible in order to carry as many as you can.

If you don't have one then just try to keep minimal regs and items in your inventory or you won't be able to carry enough long swords to make it worth your while.

So after collecting the long swords, mend them and sell them to Quintor in Jasper.

My shally mage who emptied almost everything save a few emeralds, xyrl sap, and some herbs i think made 14k per trip from a full load of mended long swords.

Because once you make a couple of trips you can buy the teeth from other players and buy the saphs from skivlat in Tos Bank.

I prefer to get the teeth myself.  Even if you have low hps 30ish for example, Icky Cave is a great place to get your teeth.  The orcs drop teeth and the spiders drop saphs.
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