Slab Crackers Unite!

[Kidnapped18]

Recently cracked Speaker out of his SGC tomb!

Tony

[Tere1071]

Has anyone used a Dremel to separate the sides of the case in the past?

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Tere1071

Has anyone used a Dremel to separate the sides of the case in the past?

What slab would need a dremel? Any knife will easily pop a old PSA or any SGC slab. With a little work the new PSA slabs also pop apart without breaking then. Never cracked a Beckett slab.

[Kutcher55]

You guys are all much braver than me. The only single card I have cracked out of a slab since I got back into the hobby 18 months ago was a 1970 SGC 60/5 Thurman Munson rookie.

And I have probably bought somewhere around 500-750 slabs in that time.

It was experimental. The card is really nice and sharp. The front looks like it could be a 6 or 7, but the back is miscut. For that reason I probably would have been better off keeping it in the slab, but all of my RCs post 1965 are ungraded and so it keeps up with the spirit of that personal collecting rule.

[tiger8mush]

2 of the more expensive I've cracked ... now reside in my binder.

The Cobb was in an SGC 40 case, from the infamous Leon Luckey Collection.
The Mantle was in an SGC 60 case, even though it has a corner wrinkle on the back. If I resubmit 100 times I'd never get higher than SGC 40.

[chadeast]

Originally Posted by tiger8mush

2 of the more expensive I've cracked ... now reside in my binder.

The Cobb was in an SGC 40 case, from the infamous Leon Luckey Collection.
The Mantle was in an SGC 60 case, even though it has a corner wrinkle on the back. If I resubmit 100 times I'd never get higher than SGC 40.

That Cobb is beautiful! Congrats. That would be the crowning jewel of my or most any T213 collection.

[conor912]

Originally Posted by Kutcher55

You guys are all much braver than me. The only single card I have cracked out of a slab since I got back into the hobby 18 months ago was a 1970 SGC 60/5 Thurman Munson rookie.

And I have probably bought somewhere around 500-750 slabs in that time.

It was experimental. The card is really nice and sharp. The front looks like it could be a 6 or 7, but the back is miscut. For that reason I probably would have been better off keeping it in the slab, but all of my RCs post 1965 are ungraded and so it keeps up with the spirit of that personal collecting rule.

Do you like them better in slabs? If so, leave them in. I don’t, so I crack them. There’s no right or wrong, just don't collect scared.

[conor912]

Originally Posted by Tere1071

Has anyone used a Dremel to separate the sides of the case in the past?

Yeah, I personally would keep power tools out of it. Slow and steady with a small flathead screwdriver does the trick every time.

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by Kidnapped18

Recently cracked Speaker out of his SGC tomb!

Tony

Who is "Tristram"?

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by jchcollins

Who is "Tristram"?

My bad. That is actually how you spell his given name. I would have foregone the second R...