Best SAMURAI Swords On Pawnstars!

That so-called "Yamamoto" blade was made by 堀井秀明 Horii Hideaki [legal name Horii Toshihide]. The writing on the blade is 皇國興廃在此一戦 "The fate of a Empire is decided by this battle." That was the message Admiral Togo signalled when he flew the "Z Flag" from his flagship Mikasa. These special blades were commissioned by the Suikosha [Navy Officer's Association] and were sold throughout Japan on navy bases. Horii's contract called for 914 of these blades, but only a few survived WWII. Steel from the Mikasa's guns were mixed with the tratitional Japanese steel [Tamahagane] and forge-welded together. Beautiful blades. The Horii line continues and all were/are employeed by Japan Steel; the forge (still used) is called 瑞泉鍛刀所 the Zuisen Tantō-sho [Zuisen Sword Forge].

'Don't touch the blade with your hands' Both Chum and Rick go on to touch the blade with their oily hands!

My favorite part was when they showed the 4 bladed green samurai sword from the thumbnail

Love it when the seller wants retail.

Corey ripped that dude off, wonder if he did it for that grammy payback

If a Yamambagiri Kunihiro sword by the great katana maker Kunihiro Horikawa is brought to this pawnshop then you are looking at a price not lesser than 3 million US dollars. The family who is making samurai today namely Mr. Kunihira Kawachi is a 15th generation swordsmith whose katana's are considered one of Japan's national treasure.

Waiting for a Hattori Hanzo....😂😂😂

I enjoyed you taking the time to put all these together

Don't take high value stuff to a pawn shop, they are in business to pay as little as possible and make the biggest profit as possible. Go to a reputable auction house.😊

so they ripped off that older black dude...

Interesting,a hidden coin pocket.........my old cell mate used to talk about his hidden coin pocket.I guess he was a samurai

That girl with the “Yamamoto” tanto was silly All she heard was possibly 20 grand IF it could be traced back to the admiral But it was most likely a gift to a lieutenant. Good luck her with tracing it back 😂

Hannah Katana Is Hanah Montana's married name

Mike always bow to the swords… that’s how you respect all the Japanese blacksmiths.

The last one

Lots of things like Antique from around the world are Stolen property that ended up in other country end up sold or lease to the museum eg : Chinese ming vase ,pottery, porcelains ,ancient artifacts weapons ect ect

Expert , it’s worth 20 grand Rick, I’ll give you a hundred bucks, I’ve got overheads😂

Japanese Gov might wants to buy some of these blades. They trying to collect them back to their homeland.

Mike's getting a big kick back on this one

You left out the best one where chum buys three or four swords and makes a killing