Adventures in Slab Cracking

[Kutcher55]

Well as mentioned in the original posting, I had a '63 Aaron PSA 4 that I decided to crack, and here's how it went.

The card started out looking like this. Decent card, nothing special but nonetheless a great card of an all time great player. To me, there's Ruth, Aaron and everyone else:



Here's my pliers right before I pin down the card with my hand and rip open a top corner.



Here's the result. Not so precise, but that crack that went down the face did not damage the card, thankfully.



Here's where I used a flat screwdriver to crack open the two plexiglass slabs sandwiching the card. This process did not go smoothly. I came very close to gouging the card several times, but I think the fact that the card was recessed kept me from gouging the card. The guy who said to use the putty knife is probably 100% correct. I need to get one.



Here's the freed '63 Hank Aaron. What a beauty!



And finally here it is after I put it into a different slab, a one touch that I don't particularly like (Oh the irony). But I do like the way it looks next to the other raw cards. And so, I declare mission accomplished!



PS: Note to PSA - please remove card from pop count data.

[GasHouseGang]

Wait a minute. You busted it out of a PSA slab and then put it back into a different plastic slab? What's the point?

[Kutcher55]

Well at least this way I can take it out anytime I want, but yeah to your point there is no point.

[irv]

I followed Deepak100's, a member here, advice when I cracked a few BGS slabs. Worked mint for mint following his advice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzrEsDe7TqQ

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Originally Posted by Kutcher55

Well as mentioned in the original posting, I had a '63 Aaron PSA 4 that I decided to crack, and here's how it went.

The card started out looking like this. Decent card, nothing special but nonetheless a great card of an all time great player. To me, there's Ruth, Aaron and everyone else:



Here's my pliers right before I pin down the card with my hand and rip open a top corner.



Here's the result. Not so precise, but that crack that went down the face did not damage the card, thankfully.



Here's where I used a flat screwdriver to crack open the two plexiglass slabs sandwiching the card. This process did not go smoothly. I came very close to gouging the card several times, but I think the fact that the card was recessed kept me from gouging the card. The guy who said to use the putty knife is probably 100% correct. I need to get one.



Here's the freed '63 Hank Aaron. What a beauty!



And finally here it is after I put it into a different slab, a one touch that I don't particularly like (Oh the irony). But I do like the way it looks next to the other raw cards. And so, I declare mission accomplished!



PS: Note to PSA - please remove card from pop count data.

Absolutely beautiful!