Saw the re-run of that last night. Their "military knife expert" was good on the hallmarks, but otherwise sounded like he was MSU. (Making "stuff" Up) I'm pretty sure the sgian dubh's owner made out pretty well though.
What always gets me about that show, the 'expert' will look at someones junk and say, "Yeah, this would go for $15,000 at an auction", which is most likely what the pawn shop is gonna do with it. Me, at that point I would say "thanks", hit the door, and google up junk auction! But then the pawn guy offers them like 4 or 5 grand and they go for it!
But, you gotta remember, they are in Vegas, most of their customers are degenerate gamblers and addicts. They need the cash now.
On the same show they paid some guy $1500 for a trashed 70's "Indian Mini Bike" (actually a rebadged import minicycle made by ItalJet in Tiawian) , and then sank another couple grand in restoring it. Those little bikes go for less than $2000 in mint condition, so the the owner and the mechanic were the winners on that one! But the pawn guys will have a nice overpriced decoration for their shop!
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