Cracking out BVG cases

[Edwolf1963]

... should be an Olympic event

[MikeGarcia]

Originally Posted by Edwolf1963

... should be an Olympic event

..wear eye protection and close any doors...

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[whitehse]

Use a Dremel tool with a cutting tip. I found this is the easiest way.

[frankbmd]

I found tin snips and a screwdriver essential when I won my Gold medal.

[whitehse]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

I found tin snips and a screwdriver essential when I won my Gold medal.

Were these items left over from your surgeon days?

[kmac32]

Originally Posted by whitehse

Were these items left over from your surgeon days?

Hacksaw worked well for my silver medal

[Edwolf1963]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

I found tin snips and a screwdriver essential when I won my Gold medal.

Needle nose pliers cracking/breaking off one of the ends. Flat head screw-driver prying open that bomb-proof plastic case. Then, don't forget, the precision scissors to delicately cut that soft plastic sleeve.

Bronze medal at best

[brob28]

Originally Posted by whitehse

Use a Dremel tool with a cutting tip. I found this is the easiest way.

Yes I agree!!

[mechanicalman]

Originally Posted by MikeGarcia

..wear eye protection and close any doors...

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Brilliant. Could not be more true.

Funny, all that work and a BVG 6 became a PSA 2. Probably wasn't worth taking plastic shards to the face.

[conor912]

Originally Posted by MikeGarcia

..wear eye protection and close any doors...

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No, seriously. Wear goggles.

[ALR-bishop]

[ls7plus]

Originally Posted by Edwolf1963

... should be an Olympic event

I've never owned one, but it certainly looks like it should be!

regards,

Larry

[Dpeck100]

Cracking a Beckett case is incredibly easy. My video on YouTube shows you in my view the safest and most efficient method.

Now cracking the new PSA case. That is tough!

[Sean1125]

Originally Posted by Dpeck100

Cracking a Beckett case is incredibly easy. My video on YouTube shows you in my view the safest and most efficient method.

Now cracking the new PSA case. That is tough!

I searched "Dpeck Crack"

Ha.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzrEsDe7TqQ

[irv]

Originally Posted by Dpeck100

Cracking a Beckett case is incredibly easy. My video on YouTube shows you in my view the safest and most efficient method.

Now cracking the new PSA case. That is tough!

I am glad to see the slab has to be ruined in order to get a card out.

With PSA's, the way I understand it, based on all the current fakes that are slabbed, is the slab will not be destroyed, which makes it the easiest slab to place a counterfeit card into.

What is different/tougher about the new PSA slab?

[Dpeck100]

The slab is thicker and there isn't a seam that runs down the side. In order to get the card out a cut must be made. They also don't pull apart very easily.

Using the method in the video will work but not safely. I cracked out a few low dollar cards and it was an event. One cut wasn't enough and there was a struggle to pull the two pieces apart. I don't have the confidence to crack out a higher dollar card. The old slab lifted easily like the BGS slab in the video so the risk of damage was minimal.

GAI is hands down the hardest.

[Vintagevault13]

Originally Posted by Dpeck100

Cracking a Beckett case is incredibly easy. My video on YouTube shows you in my view the safest and most efficient method.



Now cracking the new PSA case. That is tough!

Just set free a 1973 Topps Mike Schmidt in a BVG slab. Used the exact process in your video and it worked perfectly.


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