Fastest you have busted out a card from a PSA holder

frankhardy

I had 4 cards to bust out tonight for my Cardinals team set collection to go in my album.

I timed myself from beginning until card was safely out and laid on the counter top. My fastest time - 7 seconds. See if you can beat that!

itzagoner

meh. it once took me only 2.2 seconds to shove a flat head screwdriver into the palm of my hand.

frankhardy

That made me laugh!

bishop

Shane---I actually use a bolt cutter and have the routine down pretty well by now... 5 seconds or less . One well placed cut does it, and so far no damaged cards....and I do this a lot

frankhardy

That's pretty fast, Al.

I use the hammer/flat head screwdriver technique.

mrmint23

Needle nose pliers to break off a corner.

KeepItWarm

Exactly WHAT IS a good technique for doing this? I would like to know.

Anyone ever do a step-by-step picture thread?

bobbyw8469

I use a drimmel, but after reading the bolt-cutter method, I am beginning to have doubts about the drimmel method....

frankhardy

I don't have any pictures, but it really is simple. Just take a hammer and a flat head screw driver. Point the screw driver at a top corner at the label. Hammer down. Beware of a chip of plastic flying. Close or protect your eyes. Once the damage is done, take the flat head screw driver and pry it open. It took me 7 seconds last night.

itzagoner

in deference to Shane, i applaud his time-saving efforts.

i've used a pretty simple technique and it seems to work fine.....i gently run an Exacto blade over the seam at the top of the holder until there's enough of a ridge in which to insert a larger blade, then i roll the blade back and forth in the seam until it pops open, and THEN i use the flat head screwdriver.

my worst mistake early on was being impatient and trying to ram the screwdriver into the top seam without first breaking the seal, hence the need for a Band-Aid and a kiss from my wife for my owwie.