Recutting undercut hand-cut cards

[realbigfatdog]

Just found this thread after a quick search and found it very interesting. I was curious as to whether or not the grading companies would penalize a card for a modern cut. This W555 Vaughn could certainly be cut down, though not sure I could ever let myself actually go through with it. Surprised to read that most were ok with the practice, though.

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[Mungo Hungo]

The consensus has changed since the original posts in the thread. It's now considered OK to recut an old handcut card, but the tools used to do the recut must themselves be at least as old as the card.

Originally Posted by realbigfatdog

Just found this thread after a quick search and found it very interesting. I was curious as to whether or not the grading companies would penalize a card for a modern cut. This W555 Vaughn could certainly be cut down, though not sure I could ever let myself actually go through with it. Surprised to read that most were ok with the practice, though.

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[brianp-beme]

Personally I would never recut an undercut hand-cut card. Now if I were instead a woodchuck....

Brian

[ejharrington]

Perfectly ethical to me

[conor912]

I would say it would be ok if they were cut by scissors at least as old as the card by a person at least as old as the card and a photo of the scissors and copy of the ID of said senior citizen should accompany any sale of said card going forward as part of its newly deemed crucial provenance.

[ullmandds]

interesting to see the responses regarding this.

presumably T206's were cut with a large paper cutter...likely hand operated?

hand operated scissors vs hand operated paper cutter?

peraps a button is pressed with one's hand to activate the modern type of paper/card cutter.

where does one draw the line?

[hcv123]

and understood that it is graded as "hand cut" then imo where, how, by who, etc. doesn't matter.