Mike Y On Pawn Stars

[Gordon Sanders]

[J Reid]

Nice! Round 2 for Mike. Thanks for sharing Gordon.

[Henry Wilson]

That was fun.  Thanks for sharing.

 

PS.  I loved the feet on the table with the swords sitting next to them.  Such a no-no here...

[lonely panet]

ejoy the program, but rarely believe too much about whats said

[Greg F]

That was great go see, thanms Gordon.

 

Greg

[Jussi Ekholm]

I've said it before but it can be said again that Mike is doing great work on tv screen. I am impressed as he seems to be very natural.

[Alex A]

Be good to know what that 2nd sword was ?, Bizen Sukesada ? anyone know Mike for an answer?

[Gordon Sanders]

Just asked him on FB!

[Alex A]

Im so sure id bet a fiver.  

[SAS]

"Cat Walk" lol! Mr. Y looks good on TV.

[J Reid]

Alex I thought it looked like a bizen wakizashi/katate-uchi from early-mid muromachi as well.. sukesada probably.. but I'm curious to know for sure. Nakago jiri was the tell for my eyes

[Vermithrax16]

Mike Y rules.

[YOJIMBO]

is he komonjo ?

[kissakai]

Very strange as I watched Pawn Stars the same day as the post because it said there was a Samurai sword on the show

I expected it to be the one mentioned in the post

It wasn't as I was watching a programme made in 2014 also with Mike Y

The sword was nice and they arranged to have it restored and the final result was shown on the same show - bonus

I'm in the UK (hence watching an old recording) so no idea if anyone can get it on catchup

[Ray Singer]

Nope. Mike Yamasaki (not Mike Yamaguchi)

 

is he komonjo ?

[Blagoy]

Some info for this gentleman and his website. 

 

http://tetsugendo.com/aboutus.html

[Gakusee]

Blagoy

Mike Yamasaki is extremely well known and likely familiar to most of the regular users of this forum (not only in the US, where he operates). But anyway - good enthusiasm for tracking down his website.

What most of the the forum users should (and have probably done) is check the links in the links section which Brian has painstakingly compiled and also the various highly useful documents uploaded. It strikes me that so many people overlook both of these helpful sections.

 

Keep learning

[Stephen]

a shorter link for more items....

 

http://tetsugendo.com/

[leo]

 

Thanks for sharing, Gordon.

Good show by Mike Y.

 

I watch it sometimes in Germany. Its fun, but I was always surprised about the prices asked and paid for various items.

 

I guess this is part of the show put up for the public as were the 13.000,-USD estimate for these three things.

 

With this kind of input it is only natural that some people think they have a fortune sitting in their umbrella stands.

 

Best,

Martin

[BANGBANGSAN]

I saw Mike's Rolex

[Gabriel L]

Just don't read any of the YouTube comments about Mike, the swords, Japan, history, or nihonto in general. 

[J Reid]

Just don't read any of the YouTube comments about Mike, the swords, Japan, history, or nihonto in general. 

Of course I read them. Hahaha Jesus people are all over the place *cough* "uneducated, in general".

[CSM101]

Just another one:

 

 

Uwe G.

 

[Guido]

I was laughing so hard, I almost peed my pants:

[Brian]

Get your grubby little mitts off that blade Rick!

[PNSSHOGUN]

It would be interesting if they did a special on all the swords he has there, I'm sure some real gems have passed or stayed in his hands over the years. 

[Pete Klein]

Fake Pawns...

[Brian]

Indeed. I don't think there is much reality in ANY reality tv anymore.
Storage wars....not a single bit of dust on any item they find after years of storage

[Wayben]

Actual reality would be pretty boring to watch.  They have to script it to try to make it interesting.

[Rich S]

I don't think there is such a thing as "reality" anyway, much less on TV

 

Rich