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I\'m making progress but it hasn\'t been priority for me and I still need a few.  <br />\r\n<br />\r\nAnyways, up until this year, I had only cracked one slab in my entire life.  It was an old label SGC 5 Thurman Munson rookie card.  I got it done without harming the card and added it to my ungraded RC run.  Then I went over a year without cracking another one.   A few months ago I bought a PSA authentic Willie Stargell rookie card that looks like it should be a 6.  I cracked it out and it measured fine.  My theory is that the color is faded and that got it the A rating but I\'m not certain about that.  Either way it looks a heck of a lot better in my raw collection than it does in a PSA holder with the stupid A rating.  <br />\r\n<br />\r\nLately, my slab cracking has become somewhat of a chronic habit due to my decision to build a raw Hank Aaron run.  What I have found is that you can often find better deals on low grade slabs than you can on modest raw cards because raw card sellers tend to overrate the condition (and thus value) of the card.  Plus, by buying slabs you reduce (not eliminate) the chances that the card has been altered.   I bought a nice PSA 1 \'57 Hank with great eye appeal and cracked that baby out.  What a rush!  Then I bought my first rogue slab, a 1964 Hank graded ISA 3.5.  It was about as challenging as a PSA to crack out and I was glad to see the card measured fine and probably was at least a legit 3.  Because it was in an odd holder eschewed by most collectors I ended up getting a good deal for what amounted to a roll of the dice.  Recently I have upped the ante and purchased a \'63 Aaron PSA 4.  I can\'t wait to crack it. Slab cracking is highly addictive.  It makes me feel like a bit of a rebel, I guess.   <br />\r\n<br />\r\nThere are some good Youtube videos on slab cracking -' + '- for me it\'s a simple formula.  You take a pliers or a wire cutter and hold the slab down on a desk.  Then you want to rip or tear open the upper corner of the slab away from the card itself.  Before doing so you want to apply pressure with your hand or a book on the part of the slab that contains the card so that that part of the plastic doesn\'t flex when you are ripping open the corner.  That will prevent creasing.   Also, make sure to wear goggles or glasses to eliminate the risk of a small piece of plastic shrapnel embedding itself in your eyeball.  Once you have cracked the corner, get yourself a flat head screwdriver and slide it in the void.  Then, with great patience you want to start shimmying the screwdriver in between the two sheets of plastic that sandwich your soon-to-be-liberated card.  Focus only on the outer edges.   The slab will separate bit by bit.  This takes a bit of skill and you have to make damn sure not to have the screwdriver slip and gouge your card.  Eventually the slab will pop open and you can discard the mess in a brown paper bag.  I have been saving the paper flips just so I have record of the original slab since I recognize I\'m probably hurting resale by doing this.  But I don\'t really care too much about that.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nPlease note, I have never tried this with a BVG slab.  I have been told those are considerably tougher.  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Buy slabbed cards when the price is right and set the player free! Only to end up in the particular set I am working on at the time. <br />\r\n<br />\r\nHowever, I did get some of my cards graded and will do so in the future. Just to sell though. <br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe thing I do differently when it comes to cracking the cases is I take the entire top portion of the slab off. Heavy duty wire cutters do the trick for me. I find it makes it easier to release the card from its surly bond of containment.  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My OCD used to get to me with cards that moved around in their slabs. It\'s just visually upsetting on some level, and I used to be afraid that the rails on PSA slabs would somehow damage the card. Years later, I\'m convinced I was wrong on this point. The cards move yes, but I think the physics of things within the slab itself is kind of such so that no real damage can be done. Yes, your card might hit the rail with an edge, but 99% of the time it\'s just not going to be moving fast enough or with enough force to hurt it. I wouldn\'t advise using your Mantle slabs as air hockey pucks, but all that said - I\'ve never seen a PSA card truly "damaged" just by subtle movement within the slabs. <br />\r\n<br />\r\nI stopped cracking upon that realization and plus - if you occasionally sell cards of any value - it\'s still just far easier to move a graded vintage card for the price you want than a raw one. Fact of life. 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			I crack relatively often as well, and have done so on all the major company’s slabs I believe. One thing I now use instead of a flathead screwdriver (which I used at first), is a thin putty knife to work around all the edges after you clip a corner off. <br />
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I hold it by the blade with only enough showing to get through the edge, pretty much eliminating the risk of your tool slipping and going into the card area. The wider blade gives you more to hold onto and, I think, better control than a screwdriver. <br />
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