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Posted By: <b>warshawlaw</b><p>I cracked an SGC holder the other day to liberate a 1948 Leaf misprint from its low grade prison. Felt great. I highly recommend cracking out a card every now and then. <br /><br />I also did a GAI-holdered card. A chunk of plastic jumped off the slab and hit my eyeglasses. Would have nailed me dead on if I'd not had 1/4 inch of plastic between my eye and the slab. Remember those goggles if you crack slabs!

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Posted By: <b>Joann</b><p>We have a cutter at work - an old crank handle connected to two small round blades that we use to cut up visors, hard hats, etc, for testing. I laughingly tell visitors to the lab that you could probably cut your car in half with it - haven't found much it can't dispatch of quickly.<br /><br />Well a GAI slab gave it all it could handle. The thing splintered into hard, sharp fragments as I ran the top portion through the blades. I had to keep backing it out and re-cutting the same place to get it to progress. <br /><br />And ... I definitely put on a pair of safety glasses about a half inch in once I realized it was fragmenting as I went.<br /><br />PSA is easy, SGC I've never tried, but GAI's are tough little holders. I'd rather have the PSA to crack out - easy enough, but telltale signs so you can't reuse it. <br /><br />Joann

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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>I cracked several recently. Some of the toughest are BVG. Those things are like armored cars they're so thick....

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Posted By: <b>Griffin's</b><p>SGC's are the easiest- I've done some with a dime to start it and then pried them apart. PSA's are a bit tougher, followed by GAI's. Becket's are pretty solid, but the toughest are PRO's- makes you think they don't want them broken out <img src="/images/wink.gif" height=14 width=14>

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Posted By: <b>Joe D.</b><p>I cracked open a BVG (by far the hardest), a GAI, and a PSA.....<br /><br />and submitted them raw to SGC -<br /><br />I am curious to see how the grading differs (or remains the same).<br /><br />We shall see.<br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Richard</b><p>As I have stated many a time, Beckett is by far the easiest to crack!<br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Joe D.</b><p>richard - I must not know the right method... because beckett was the most difficult to crack for me.

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Posted By: <b>Richard</b><p>I should probably host the pictures on something else since imageshack is down half the time.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.network54.com/Forum/153652/message/1136272829/Cracking+a+BGS+-+BVG+case" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.network54.com/Forum/153652/message/1136272829/Cracking+a+BGS+-+BVG+case</a>

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Posted By: <b>MikeU</b><p>I have found GAI the easiest to crack. I fact, all I have to do is use my hands. Give the slab a twist and you will hear it start to crack immediately.