what is a "bat ear"

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• sagard Posts: 1,901 ✭✭✭

  September 24, 2007 1:06AM

  
  
  In terms of cards I believe it to mean when a trimmer takes too much of an edge and not enough off the corners. This leaves the card with the bat ears shown above.

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• Stingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭

  September 25, 2007 11:02PM

  Did you every buy 1988 Score BB when they first came out and they had all that extra fuzzy stuff on the corners because the cutting machine sucked. That is bat ears.

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• mikeschmidt Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭

  September 26, 2007 12:31AM

  Sometimes when a card is trimmed, the two corners on the edge that were trimmed flare up, like a bat ear.
  
  I highly suggest taking a modern day Topps common (like 1989 Topps, for example), trying it a few times yourself so that you know what to look for. Use an exacto knife.
  
  Marc

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• onlychild Posts: 312 ✭

  September 26, 2007 2:47AM

  
  
  A quick class on card trimming w/ bat-ear reference

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