Cracking Holders

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Posted By: Dave Hornish

I tried Leon's method on a BVG holder and got nowhere, although I may not have had a thin enough blade handy. I then placed a screwdriver above the card holder area, below and parallel to the flip and struck it with a hammer. Two blows up top and another on the bottom edge in the center with only the tiniest bit of the screwdriver blade on the holder and it split down the middle front and back and I was able to easily separate the halves. The baggie was more of a problem, since there is not a lot of room to work with but I got that too after some careful X-acto scalpeling.

SGC is the easiest I think. I just start at the bottom and gently slide a driver tip around the perimeter from there and it just comes apart. PSA requires a portion of the holder to be snipped in my experience before you can pry. No experience with GAI.

I am going to assemble a proper toolkit for cracking slabs I think, since I'm just using junky tools right now scattered around the house. Any recommendations on a good pair of snips for this?

I think this is a good kit for the hobby room:

Dremel w/cutting disc
Small hacksaw
Snips
Small set of standard screwdrivers, possibly a good jeweler's set
Rubber Mat
Towel
Small Hammer
Goggles
(1) Beer