Hand cutting services?

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BartAllen2
BartAllen2 Posts: 76 ✭✭
edited February 9, 2023 6:05AM in Trading Cards & Memorabilia Forum

Hey there ^_^

I have quite a few Swedish Record Journal cards and Gong stickers/cards but I utterly don't trust my card cutting skills as I've just decimated a few practice cards with a metal ruler and an X-Acto knife thence my enquiry as to whether there a card cutting service I could use? Or have members cut cards for anyone before?

All comments are welcomed.











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  • coinspacks
    coinspacks Posts: 1,230 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Those are great! Just send the full magazines to cgc for total encapsulation. So cool.

  • DeutscherGeist
    DeutscherGeist Posts: 2,998 ✭✭✭✭
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    Maybe worth more uncut?

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  • BartAllen2
    BartAllen2 Posts: 76 ✭✭
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    @coinspacks said:
    Those are great! Just send the full magazines to cgc for total encapsulation. So cool.

    @DeutscherGeist said:
    Maybe worth more uncut?

    Thanks but WOAH! PSA would grade a full cover even for the Swedish Reckord magazine cover? But are there also no users who've hand-cut cards for others?

  • wrestlingcardking
    wrestlingcardking Posts: 4,555 ✭✭✭✭
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    I'm pretty good at these type of items.

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  • miwlvrn
    miwlvrn Posts: 4,331 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @BartAllen2 said:

    @coinspacks said:
    Those are great! Just send the full magazines to cgc for total encapsulation. So cool.

    @DeutscherGeist said:
    Maybe worth more uncut?

    Thanks but WOAH! PSA would grade a full cover even for the Swedish Reckord magazine cover? But are there also no users who've hand-cut cards for others?

    There are a few you could contact. Your next step would be searching the board archives for old threads. This same thread has been started a bunch of times by several different people over the years, specifically for Rekord Journal items, and you'd find answers already posted.

  • DeutscherGeist
    DeutscherGeist Posts: 2,998 ✭✭✭✭
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    You can call up PSA and ask them what they think about grading the whole cover. If nothing else, it would give you knowledge to make the best decision right for you.

    If these cards are still collectible when cut out, how are the different types of cuts accounted for? There are different types of cuts one can make that will affect the appearance of the card edges. There is the X-acto knife cutting, laser cutting, machine cutting, etc. It's not a factory uniform type cut, so I am not sure how grading companies handle handcut cards. I am sure there is an answer to this, I am just not knowledgeable about it.

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  • Panama Mutiny
    Panama Mutiny Posts: 2,212 ✭✭✭✭
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    @BartAllen2 said:
    Hey there ^_^

    I have quite a few Swedish Record Journal cards and Gong stickers/cards but I utterly don't trust my card cutting skills as I've just decimated a few practice cards with a metal ruler and an X-Acto knife thence my enquiry as to whether there a card cutting service I could use? Or have members cut cards for anyone before?

    All comments are welcomed.











    xacto knife ? YIKES !!!!
    use a paper cutter

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  • BartAllen2
    BartAllen2 Posts: 76 ✭✭
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    @lawyer05 said:
    xacto knife ? YIKES !!!!
    use a paper cutter

    OOO any suggestions on which paper cutter :3

  • Panama Mutiny
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  • pdoidoi
    pdoidoi Posts: 958 ✭✭✭✭
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    Try asking someone at a Staples or Office Max type store if they could do it for you.

  • redlegs
    redlegs Posts: 983 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I have used the Ingento paper cutter for years and have gotten really good results.

    https://amazon.com/ClassicCut-Ingento-Solid-Trimmer-Sheets/dp/B00BT30DTA/ref=sr_1_2?crid=23X92FQ9M4YD5&keywords=ingento+paper+cutter&qid=1676413975&sprefix=ingento%2Caps%2C108&sr=8-2

  • Nathaniel1960
    Nathaniel1960 Posts: 2,341 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I have a simple Fiskurs surecut. Works well fine me.

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  • redlegs
    redlegs Posts: 983 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I have used the above paper cutter for all of my Hotess panels.

  • JoeBanzai
    JoeBanzai Posts: 12,854 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @BartAllen2 said:

    @lawyer05 said:
    xacto knife ? YIKES !!!!
    use a paper cutter

    OOO any suggestions on which paper cutter :3

    I have used all the mentioned cutters. They all can work, but if blade gets dull, it can tear the paper.
    I have the best results with the xacto and the Zirconium blades. I change them often.
    Practice with whatever works best for you.

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