I've wondered the same about the coraesine where you can set it to flare if someone picks it up. It seems like you'd prevent someone from rescuing your weapon if you were disarmed and then died. Wouldn't the janitor take it by the time you could get back? I guess you could hold out for a field raise heh.

Do bonded weapons come back into your hands if yer dead?

As for black ora, they can be disarmed. You'd think that would at least be a benefit of wielding one with its auto curse.

So, this is a bit delayed in reply, but I used to own an "impure" bonded coraesine weapon.

The weapon would not ever be picked up by a critter. Ever. It was unusable by anyone except the owner, and had thorns that would sever hands should they try to carry the weapon for any length of time. Critters, apparently, were fully aware and unwilling to touch the weapons.

Weapon bonding allowed the weapon to return to one's hand, but not if dead. There were a number of times when the weapon was left on the ground next to my corpse, and rescuers would pick it up and stow it for a time. That was possible, but they would usually be stunned initially after carrying the weapon.

Suffice to say, it was possible to lose the weapon to the janitor and to implosion. However, it was a lot harder to lose than your average bonded weapon. They're also a lot harder to obtain as they were only distributed through auctions and were -account- bound, so you can't just buy one.