Cracking out BVG cases
 

... should be an Olympic event

In Big Red Letters :
 

..wear eye protection and close any doors...

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Use a Dremel tool with a cutting tip. I found this is the easiest way.

I found tin snips and a screwdriver essential when I won my Gold medal.

Were these items left over from your surgeon days? :)

Brilliant. Could not be more true.

Funny, all that work and a BVG 6 became a PSA 2. Probably wasn't worth taking plastic shards to the face.

Needle nose pliers cracking/breaking off one of the ends. Flat head screw-driver prying open that bomb-proof plastic case. Then, don't forget, the precision scissors to delicately cut that soft plastic sleeve.

Bronze medal at best :rolleyes:

No, seriously. Wear goggles.

10 seconds
 

Hacksaw worked well for my silver medal

In my own personal experience, which was severely curtailed by the loss of 4 fingers in an unfortunate accident, the use of exactly 2mm of high explosive plastique in the form of a shaped charge will usually result in a controlled explosion whereby the side panels of the case fall away, leaving the card undamaged. However, never attempt to use TNT as a replacement for plastique, as the desired result will not be achieved. Of course, use caution at all times.

I've never owned one, but it certainly looks like it should be!

regards,

Larry

Cracking a Beckett case is incredibly easy. My video on YouTube shows you in my view the safest and most efficient method.

Now cracking the new PSA case. That is tough!

I searched "Dpeck Crack"

Ha.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzrEsDe7TqQ

I am glad to see the slab has to be ruined in order to get a card out.

With PSA's, the way I understand it, based on all the current fakes that are slabbed, is the slab will not be destroyed, which makes it the easiest slab to place a counterfeit card into.

What is different/tougher about the new PSA slab?

The slab is thicker and there isn't a seam that runs down the side. In order to get the card out a cut must be made. They also don't pull apart very easily.

Using the method in the video will work but not safely. I cracked out a few low dollar cards and it was an event. One cut wasn't enough and there was a struggle to pull the two pieces apart. I don't have the confidence to crack out a higher dollar card. The old slab lifted easily like the BGS slab in the video so the risk of damage was minimal.

GAI is hands down the hardest.

Thanks for the info. I assume you didn't take a vid cracking the new PSA slab?

No.

I got tired of getting into debates on CU about how easy it was and my brother was showing me his new phone so I said hang tight on hitting the pool I want you to record a video of me cracking a card out real quick.

I uploaded it to YouTube to show the board and surprisingly it still gets viewed in the range of 300 times a month. A lot of collectors out there.

Good stuff David. BTW, even the Beckett guys don't have a magic "cracking" machine at their office. They do it much like you do from what I am told. The way you did it is also the way I have cracked the few I have done. That method also works for PSA and SGC slabs from my experiences.

Yes I agree!!

Just set free a 1973 Topps Mike Schmidt in a BVG slab. Used the exact process in your video and it worked perfectly.


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