COREY: Hey, what's up? Hey, how you doing? I have a samurai
sword that my family's had for a long, long time. [music playing] I really don't
know much about it. COREY: Why is it
made out of wood? Got me on that one. I mean, it wouldn't
really do a lot of damage. It-- A giant toothpick. [laugh] I'm here today at the pawn
shop to sell my sword. My grandfather brought the
sword back from World War II, and it's been in the
family ever since. I was looking to get
$8,000 for the sword. If I walk out of the pawn
shop today with $8,000, I will take my
family on a vacation to a theme park in Florida. So it looks like
you have a scabbard here, but not the sword. I mean, the handle
looks pretty legit. Do you know much
about it at all? CRAIG: No, this is from
from my grandfather. He picked it up during the
war, and I really don't know anything more than that. I deal with samurai
swords all the time, but I've never really dealt
with just a case and a handle for one. It definitely looks Japanese. But you know, one of the big
problems with stuff like this is these things were passed down
from generation to generation. It could be 500 years old. It could be 100 years old. I have no idea. They really do range from
that kind of time period. I really don't
understand why there's not a sword attached to it. I mean, it definitely looks like
a mounting for an actual sword. I just want to know where
the real sword's at. The handle looks like
it's made of silk. The scabbard-- I don't know what
material it is that he used. I mean, it looks
like wood, maybe. So we don't know how old it is. It looks like it could
actually be something here. I just don't know
exactly what it is. So what are you
looking to do with it? To sell it. OK. Any idea of what
you're looking to get? $8,000. COREY: Do you mind if
I have a buddy come in and take a look at it? No, I welcome.
It'd be great. COREY: OK. Hang out. I'll be right back. I'm totally fine
with someone coming in today to look at the sword. I really would like to
have more information about where it
came from, how old it is and, what its value is. COREY: Hey, Mike. What's going on, man?
- Hey, what's up, Corey? How you been? COREY: Doing good. Hello. What you got today? COREY: A weird one. It's what appears to
be an old scabbard. MIKE: OK. Well, actually, this is common,
believe it or not, in Japan. After World War
II, the occupation, MacArthur ordered all the
swords to get collected. So that means all the
blades were turned in, but the mountings were
OK to keep because these were not against the law. They're not a weapon. COREY: OK. And this is quite
old, actually. How do we know how old it is? Well, this style of mount
is made in southern Japan. And this is known
as a Higo mount, which is from the area of
Kumamoto in modern-day Japan. And they were very
particular to make this style of gold inlay work. Judging from the
style, we can pretty much determine that
this whole package was from the early 1800s. COREY: Oh, wow. So what else can you
tell me about it? Interesting. This is very interesting. Maybe you get lucky. It's a hidden coin pocket. COREY: No way. These are very
rare to find intact. COREY: Now, I am a
little bit of an expert. Those aren't gold. No, no, these are
definitely not gold. Unfortunately, somebody put
some reproductions in here and obviously kept
the real gold. So why would they hide it
inside the sword like that? MIKE: You would be
afraid to get robbed, so this was the best
place to actually hide your money in that sense. COREY: Gotcha. MIKE: A little holder
like this could hold up to $10,000 worth of coins. COREY: OK. Well, too bad we didn't
get that lucky, right? But because of
the rarity of this, this makes this set
very highly collectible. OK. How collectible? Well, I mean, in excellent
condition like this, especially with the addition
of the hidden coin pocket, now you're talking something
very, very rare and special. So this thing would be
worth, easy, $8,000. All right, well,
appreciate it, Mike. MIKE: All right.
Take care. Thank you. See you later. Well, I mean, you kind
of hit the nail on the head of what it was worth. That being said, I've
got to make some money. I'd like to give you $4,000. Could you come up a
little bit more than $4,000? Can you go down from $8,000? Mm, $6,500. Tell you what, I'll do $5,000. $5,000 seems fair. All right, deal. - Thank you.
- Meet me over there. Let's do some paperwork. OK. I am thrilled to make a
deal today for $5,000. It wasn't quite the
$8,000 I was asking for, but I will certainly
be able to take my family on a nice vacation.
