Why would someone cut the borders off of a card?

[JustinD]

I think it's just kid logic, I doubt adults are doing this.

I remember cutting down an entire set of 1982 Kmart Topps as a kid so I could have examples of the vintage cards pictured on them. I bet I still have them somewhere.

[irv]

Originally Posted by JustinD

I think it's just kid logic, I doubt adults are doing this.

I remember cutting down an entire set of 1982 Kmart Topps as a kid so I could have examples of the vintage cards pictured on them. I bet I still have them somewhere.

Same.

I remember cutting the corners of many hockey cards, including a vintage Gordie Howe, which I still have.

Not sure what I was thinking, but I was a kid and I assume at the time, I thought they'd look neat like that?

[GasHouseGang]

I once was trying to buy a guys 1950's childhood collection, and most of the cards were in really nice shape. But several of the 1956's had the team name cut out very cleanly with something like a razor blade or Exacto knife. I asked him why some of the cards were like that. He said he did it so you could see the team name of the card underneath the cutout card without lifting up the top card? I don't know why he thought he would need to do this, but hey, he was a kid.