Pawn Stars: Rick Restores a Moorish Pulwar Sword (Season 16) | History 

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"Over the years I've made a lot of money off of Spencer." lol...

I got a friend IN TOWN who knows a lot about moorish swords.

“Its worth well over 5Gs and itll only cost 1.5Gs to restore it.” “I want $450 so you still make 3GS” “SIGH not alotta money to be made...”

“I got a friend in town” Rick you ALWAYS have a friend in town

Did the sword "expert" just call a pommel an end piece?

"Lemme get a friend of mine, to bring an item, that I'll call a friend of mine, to low ball the first friend of mine.. then I'll take the item back to a friend of mine who will restore it"

If i was Spencer i would be thinking, with friends like Rick, who need enemies?

I love them both for their passion to each other

"...here, DUDE" lol Rick and young customers

I just love how he always has a friend in town that is good at analyzing those exact types of items He's really well connected

As if Rick would know about the sword in Zelda

Bring the Meth expert Chum,to evaluate the value.

Customer: I have Jesus's sandels and robe Rick: best i can do is a dime and a nickel and I'm taking a huge risk

3:38 Are you going hunting with it with your hat and everything? Lol lol lol

“I thought the hat was cool I bought it” LOL

I could have buffed that up for a thousand.

The pulwar is a munitions grade version wielded by regular warriors, there is nothing special about it (I own a similar one). The seller got paid too much (you could get a similar pulwar from ebay for as low as 150 USD inclusive of posting and then clean the rust off). It would be valuable if the blade was made of rare Persian wootz steel or intricate pattern welded steel but it doesn't seem to be so (as shown after restoration). It would also be valuable if the hilt had gold or silver inlay, intricate chiseling or latticework or if the pommel was of the rarer turban-shape. An intact scabbard would also push the price up. The 1,500 USD restoration cost is totally absurd and it ruined the sword - the restorer added or cut deeper grooves into the hilt grip and added a new tang button all of which are in poor taste and deceptive (it is also possible the original hilt has been replaced with a different one making this a 'married' sword). Moreover it has been overly cleaned making it look entirely new, with all "the great history" (in the words of Rick) obliterated or altered. Serious or advanced antique sword collectors would stay away from this sword as it is a 'jazzed up' sword and only a fool would buy this for more than 300 USD at most. The most expensive Afghan pulwars are those with blades made by Assad Allah of Isfahan (a renowned 17th century master sword smith from Persia) and they usually sell in the 2,000 - 3,000 USD range (much more if sold by Christie's or Bonham's which could go as high as 5,000 USD depending on quality) especially if they have provenance, e.g. belonged to a known Afghan historical figure like Ayub Khan or used in a famous event like the destruction of General Elphinstone's army in Kabul. They would have a gold cartouche on the base of the blade which is a signature of the maker. The 5,000 USD price tag is sheer delusional as the blade is not an Assad Allah blade (no cartouche) or even a wootz blade (no watered pattern visible). Rick totally got suckered on this one by the expert he consulted (especially if he indeed paid 1,500 USD in restoration cost).

Rick best i can do is a can of soda 🤣🤣🤣

Love the vids keep it going

There's not a lot of money to be made Can't pay you 500 to make 3200

Buys it for $300 It'll be worth $5,000 - $3,200 after the refurb. "There's not a lot of money to be made here."

Well, the restorer added fake features to the sword, actually lowering its value

Pretty sure that guy that was the expert was David goldberg a winner of forged in fire

"Stop making those decisions yourself!" 😅😂🤣

I would definitely have a couple beers with Spence. Story time!

"I like thet hat"... LOOOOOL

4:20 it really does make him look like a real life elmer fudd

I wonder how many heads got chopped off with that sword.

At what point does a restoration turn into a completely new product ?

The guy pays $15 for the sword, add $1500 for restoration, then sell for $5000 will leave a profit of $3485. The seller didn't think it through.

Very good on restoring looks great wish I owed that .

Bro just leave the dang Moorish sword where you found it.

Good choice on the hat Rick, I’ve got a lighted beanie hat with the same color plaid pattern, and at 60 years old, I enjoy it a lot!

Cool sword but that it's survived for over three hundred years and traveled around the world to arrive in a pawn shop in Vegas makes it even cooler.

This dude doesn't seem like much of an expert..

The first pawn stars repost of 2020

I like Rick's hat. Leave him alone kid. Hahaha

The title is very misleading, it says Moorish Pulwar sword, the sword is a Pulwar from Afghanistan, used by the Pashtun people, the moors are from North Africa (Morocco). Why does the title say moorish Pulwar.

At 3:01 Rick really wants to say how dare you ask for more after using the service I provided with the expert

Lol I didn’t go blind during the second half lol

Love from AFG

Rick is so cute with his little hat

I thought it'd fetch more with the scabbard if it could be included. But hey, I'm not a sword expert. Best call my buddy over - "Mr. End piece"

Ancient swords like that in most middle east countries i am sure they will never sold those, because they hold a big history in the past so it is like a family heirloom.

He says there's not alot of money to be made yet now that It's restored he's ready to sell it for $5000. I'm pretty sure Rick got the better end of this deal.😁

Don’t let him fool you man! That a nice hat 🧢.

Let me call sum one that knows sum thing 😎🥃

I hate when they make jokes and Rick tries to correct them

The shouldn't repost videos they've already posted before.

I like the Hat Rick!

Rick is always seen reading books...but still needs expert on every little item...what he reads then? A Cosmo

It'll be worth $5,000 after Rick pays $1,500 to restore it. So Rick makes $3,200 and pays his "friend" $300. Great guy.

Ditch the hat lol

This sword video you posted about a month ago already

As soon as he said Afghanistan all I thought was the price just went way up.

Ricks expert is an expert of Zelda game ...

Its not a new episode right?

They've got curved swords, curved swords...

I’m from Afghanistan 🇦🇫

Cashier at McDonald's: ok sir that will 10.50 how would u like to pay Rick : ok listen at 10.50 there's no money to be made let's do 50 cents and call it a deal

1:5...So the "end piece"(pommel) keeps the sword from sliding out of the hand, and the curve of the sword as well?🤦🏽‍♂️

Looks like a wire wheel/polish job with some craft painting done within the lines $1500 restoration wow im in the wrong business

The expert is wearing a Sikh ‘Kera’ on his right hand..wow respect 🙏🏼

This is a repost, why post it again

I don't get it. $500 + $1,500 for restoration = $2,000 and it will be worth $5,000. Pay the guy his $500 Rick!!

I like the hat too.

I actually liked the hat idk what he talking about

I like the hat too

His expert freind is always in town

It was in the 17th century then they show a picture of the crusades

What is that sword made of? Steel or iron?

Lol poor Rick haha.. hat looks nice buddy dont listen to Corry.

I like that sword...

Is it me or does he sound like Owen Wilson kinda?🤣

Smart Chumlee would have sealed the deal at 200 without calling the expert

I used to see allot for the Mr. Brown comments, but even Mr. Brown knows it is hard to stay famously on top

Hat loki clean tho

That guy should have demanded at least $1200 from Rick. Rick would have made $1000- $2000 easily.

Re-uploaded for the 17th time

Ghost of ole man haunting the store would bring this show back....😁

How old is this video? Why are they re-publishing this short video?

You mean the Moops

I miss the old man!

long live the moors

I like the hat

CEO of “Not a lot of money to be made”

Repost?

Corey can use it to chop up more lines.

I miss the old guy..

$5000 - $1500 restoration costs = $3500 profit “I want $450” “That’s not a lot of profit” Bruh you’d have still walked away with a little over 3 grand

Parece que la restauré yo con un talado y un cepillo metalico.

1800 invested for 5k return. I think the guy could have gotten a lot more out of this. Should have invested 1500 to fix it up then sell it to rick for 3k, or ebay 4-5k

I could have higher price if its an old original damascus blades.

hint, never tell them what you want for an item

Last time I was so quick I came

Many here forgot the fact that the sword was only worth $500 in unrestored condition. The guy easily could have had it restored for himself, and sold it *when* it was worth more. He preferred a quick flip. That's his choice. Any idiots here who would buy an old house for double it's value, just because it could be worth more after a renovation? Nah, I didn't think so.

Best I can do is 5 bucks ya know...I am taking a huge risk here

Spent $1800 to make 5 grand, $3,200 profit I think he could’ve given that dude more then $300

I thought History Channel wasn't putting out fake shows anymore. I guess I was wrong.