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Old 04-07-2022, 03:05 AM
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Default Cracking the Slab Tutorial

Forgive the raspy voice, but I did a short tutorial on how to quickly (although I really took my time here to do it right) and easily crack a card out of its slab. The goal was to break out my 1968 Topps Willie Mays and get it ready for Bobby's group submission...

https://youtu.be/ynvzyfNcIVM


And what the heck. This one is pertinent to the topic at hand...

175. Removey Mogul (also Davy Crackit)
A collector who insists on freeing all of his cards from their TPG holders.

See also: Crackpocket - a collector who must break each of his cards out of their slabs to return them to their natural habitat, ensconced in binder pages.

See also: Crackitect - someone who offers step by step instructions on how to free a card from its plastic prison.

See also: Humblemished - the deflated feeling associated with actually damaging a card during the slab-removal process.
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