[Exhibitman]

Strips were made to be cut so that's not an issue. What is an issue is making them look better. A card with a ragged torn edge that has extra material from another card would look much better cleaned up. I do the same to Wheaties cards, which I really like, if it makes the card look better. As far as grading, I don't care. I have several graded ones and a bunch more that would score nice grades but won't get slabbed unless/until I plan to sell. And a card: