SGC you only need a butter knife and work it around the edges. Probably the easiest to crack. The others you do need to use pliers or another tool to take out the corners.
Good tutorial on how to Crack a slab, one flaw is you shouldn't cover it with a towel not able to see whats going on. Sometimes line crack goes all the way to the card that could possibly scratch it with those miniature pieces.
PSA Slabs are also pretty easy to crack open since they are fairly thin and the plastic material is weak Hoping to resubmit them to possibly CGC in hopes of getting some 9s and 9.5's. I kind of just want them in the thicker, clearer slabs from CGC since they display better.
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Didn’t see cracking a psa slab but I use pliers and a long flathead I just feel that it has better control and you have more room to prevent damaging the card once I crack the slab I place a thin napkin over the card as I take off the rest of the slab surrounding the card to prevent plastic pieces landing on the the edge/corner of the card . Did it with my Mike trout Rc Psa9 came back a 10
SGC is notorious for grading tougher than PSA. And I can tell you from my experience, PSA is far more lenient than SGC. A lot of SGC 9.5s will get PSA 9s due to the fact that PSA doesn’t have a 9.5 grade. Likewise, a lot of SGC 9.5s will get PSA 10s, this was just a very small sample size and I can tell from your commentary you don’t have a lot of experience with SGC. I recommend do a couple subs with SGC and you’ll find they are undoubtedly the best when it comes to consistency in grading, accuracy, and turnaround times.
You are correct, yes, very small sample size and I do not have a lot of experience grading with SGC. Thank you for for the advice! Just based on price, turn around time and resale value SGC is a great option so I definitely will sub with them soon!
Interesting idea to try but from your sgc results I think I'd run in the other direction on them for sure. What was it HSA? That impressed me especially as they are a smaller little known company that I would guess you would recieve out of boxes that have a graded card?
Good video, been collecting since 85 and PSA has terrible slabs. Grading is not bad but there wait time is a sh!t show. SGC has always been no good and HGA has the best slabs period and then CGC. HGA should have more value love honestly and hopefully one day they will get it. I crack PSA slabs and resub to HGA cause I hate PSA so much n there punny slabs that barley keep dust off the card inside lol. Again excellent videos ya do.
dude this video was awesome! please do more like this again! also, i had a minsize returned as well. sent it back and it came back a psa 10. so i'd send it again
Because the community likes easy 10s and due to this most of the community is heavily invested in PSA resulting in higher value in the secondary market. PSA is trash at grading but since it’s easy mode people that can’t grade love them.
Can I resubmit serial #’d cards back to psa? I have a auto /25, and it’s a PSA 9, but I want to crack and submit back to psa becuase in my opinion it’s worth the 10 gamble. Does psa have databases on serial #’d and won’t grade my card any differently? Or do they not track serial #’s with graded cards?
Great video, subbed! I agree with you. IME, SGC is a soft grader despite the general consensus that they grade tough. My personal theory is that they grade soft so that more folks will buy their higher grades which helps them gain market share.
Saying you haven't seen suspect grading from PSA is laughable. Any noob can show you PSA is inconsistent with the grading with some 9s looking better than 10s.
I don’t think i said I’ve never seems suspect grading from PSA? I was comparing grades. PSA and all grading companies are all subjective and can be very inconsistent. I’ve resubmitted some cards myself to PSA and gotten a different grade. So I agree with you there.
2/3s of the collectible card community videos are people complaining about PSA grading and the other 1/3 is people in the community cracking out cards from other grading companies to submit and get higher grades from the aforementioned PSA. When will this community ever accept that PSA is trash and will not get any better? I have never seen Stockholm syndrome this bad for a company.
PSA is very inconsistent nowadays , overrated and way overpriced period. PSA doesn't grade .5 grades so the SGC 9.5s have been graded 9s by PSA. I like SGC better.
Your ruining the hobby psa is now worthless because of you all doing this, shame on you, population counts and grades are no longer valuable a gem ten is junk shame on you population counts RUINED!
Bro, your slab breaks are the best around, I've watched 10 other guys break slabs, you have it down packed. Subbed!
I appreciate that!
Nice video! Now we need a "How to prep, ship, & submit to PSA" video
Yeah I agree, we definitely need the prep and ship part added.
SGC you only need a butter knife and work it around the edges. Probably the easiest to crack. The others you do need to use pliers or another tool to take out the corners.
Good tutorial on how to Crack a slab, one flaw is you shouldn't cover it with a towel not able to see whats going on. Sometimes line crack goes all the way to the card that could possibly scratch it with those miniature pieces.
PSA Slabs are also pretty easy to crack open since they are fairly thin and the plastic material is weak
Hoping to resubmit them to possibly CGC in hopes of getting some 9s and 9.5's. I kind of just want them in the thicker, clearer slabs from CGC since they display better.
definitely appreciate you showing your how-to on cracking slabs.. very interesting!
I was just thinking about looking a video on re-slabbing and here it is!!! Great stuff!
Now can you show us how to get that Jordan Love card back into the SGC 10 case?
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Great look at this process!! Ty Hitman 💥
Didn’t see cracking a psa slab but I use pliers and a long flathead I just feel that it has better control and you have more room to prevent damaging the card once I crack the slab I place a thin napkin over the card as I take off the rest of the slab surrounding the card to prevent plastic pieces landing on the the edge/corner of the card . Did it with my Mike trout Rc Psa9 came back a 10
Very helpful video, but LOL at calling pliers a wrench dude!
SGC is notorious for grading tougher than PSA. And I can tell you from my experience, PSA is far more lenient than SGC. A lot of SGC 9.5s will get PSA 9s due to the fact that PSA doesn’t have a 9.5 grade. Likewise, a lot of SGC 9.5s will get PSA 10s, this was just a very small sample size and I can tell from your commentary you don’t have a lot of experience with SGC. I recommend do a couple subs with SGC and you’ll find they are undoubtedly the best when it comes to consistency in grading, accuracy, and turnaround times.
You are correct, yes, very small sample size and I do not have a lot of experience grading with SGC. Thank you for for the advice! Just based on price, turn around time and resale value SGC is a great option so I definitely will sub with them soon!
@@HitmanRips yes! doing a “first SGC submission” video would be really awesome to see
very cool video...i was needing this for the near future
I have a big ben 9.5 beckett auto and the case is starting to crack. Thanks for showing this. I will send to PSA and hopefully get a 10
Great learning video... thanks hitman...
Nice! Thanks for the video. I’m going to send all my HGA 9.5 to PSA. HGA seems like such a waste of money now, good thing I only sent 10 cards to HGA
I would have been tickled with the grades and the cards as they were. And I would have saved 500 dollars for grading fees.😊😊😊
That Trask looks way OC left-->right. No way that's 60/40 but still obviously a huge upgrade having it in a PSA holder.
Great Video. Is this a service you will offer in the future?
Yes
interesting on the sgc downgrades because from my experience sgc is harder to get 10s than psa
Small sample size. Also, These seem to be older SGC slabs if that means anything.
Thanks for the video! Would cracking a PSA slab be the same deal?
Yes, same process!
Oh hell no not for me I would ruin every card, nice work Hitman. I hope he gets an upgrade from psa.
You have the best technique of cracking slabs on eBay
Great video very knowledgeable thank's for the content I have never graded a card
Interesting idea to try but from your sgc results I think I'd run in the other direction on them for sure. What was it HSA? That impressed me especially as they are a smaller little known company that I would guess you would recieve out of boxes that have a graded card?
I have a question: When does 2021 Prizm football and 2021 Optic football come out? Nice vid!
May and June
@@HitmanRips Thanks!
Awesome video thanks Hitman
Strange with that last card but cool video as always 👍
Super helpful video Hitman!! Appreciate it!!
🔥🔥🔥 dope vid
Super easy way to crack safely, tysm!
I just used a box cutter it takes a little longer but still affective
Yo Hitman!!!
Any thoughts on breaking a PRO case? A lot tougher than PSA.
Good video, been collecting since 85 and PSA has terrible slabs. Grading is not bad but there wait time is a sh!t show. SGC has always been no good and HGA has the best slabs period and then CGC. HGA should have more value love honestly and hopefully one day they will get it. I crack PSA slabs and resub to HGA cause I hate PSA so much n there punny slabs that barley keep dust off the card inside lol. Again excellent videos ya do.
love the sgc case.
Use a exacto knife on the bgs sleeve....easier than scissors
Thank you for the tip! Yea I was a little bit nervous! Felt like I was playing operation!
Not all SGC 10 are the same…. Not all PSA 10’s are the same that joe burrow clearly off centered….
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Thank you for sharing 🔥🔥🔥
Can you send the card to PSA still in the SGC case and ask to be cracked and crossed over ONLY if the grade is the same or higher?
The Burrow is a beautiful card 👍.
dude this video was awesome! please do more like this again! also, i had a minsize returned as well. sent it back and it came back a psa 10. so i'd send it again
Good to know!
Can someone please make an ags cracking slab video. Just cracked one but man it did not want to open up lol
Does that work with HGA? They gave me 8.5's on my 5 cards when at least 9's. My 92 Elite McGriff is totally a 10.
Ok...im going to buy all the PGI 10s and submit to PSA :)
PSA knows about trimming.
How does hga vintage baseball cross over to psa do. Anyone know.
New to hobby. Why choose PSA over hga and the others? I think there are a good amount of videos out there that people prefer hga over PSA. Thanks!
Because the community likes easy 10s and due to this most of the community is heavily invested in PSA resulting in higher value in the secondary market. PSA is trash at grading but since it’s easy mode people that can’t grade love them.
Thanks for sharing
Great video
use snippers instead of clampers
Awsome vid, thanks!
Can I resubmit serial #’d cards back to psa? I have a auto /25, and it’s a PSA 9, but I want to crack and submit back to psa becuase in my opinion it’s worth the 10 gamble. Does psa have databases on serial #’d and won’t grade my card any differently? Or do they not track serial #’s with graded cards?
Great video, subbed! I agree with you. IME, SGC is a soft grader despite the general consensus that they grade tough. My personal theory is that they grade soft so that more folks will buy their higher grades which helps them gain market share.
Saying you haven't seen suspect grading from PSA is laughable. Any noob can show you PSA is inconsistent with the grading with some 9s looking better than 10s.
I don’t think i said I’ve never seems suspect grading from PSA? I was comparing grades.
PSA and all grading companies are all subjective and can be very inconsistent. I’ve resubmitted some cards myself to PSA and gotten a different grade. So I agree with you there.
I’m not a PSA fan. I’ve seen too many 10’s that were Clearly not gem
Hitman is the only influencer saying that HGA is better at grading than SGC… I guess that fake AI grading does work? 😂
Small sample size. Harder Grades doesn’t mean better 😂. I would personally never use HGA again.
Very interesting video. I have been wondering about this very topic. Thanks for sharing Hitman!
Watch the part where he gets them back from PSA.
You do know that there is no psa 9.5, right?
Do you offer cracking as a service? Really nervous to do this myself lol
Never replaced sgc to psa.
Sorry "NO" way that Kyle Trask is a PSA 10 with that visible smudge on the right top of the card.
2/3s of the collectible card community videos are people complaining about PSA grading and the other 1/3 is people in the community cracking out cards from other grading companies to submit and get higher grades from the aforementioned PSA. When will this community ever accept that PSA is trash and will not get any better? I have never seen Stockholm syndrome this bad for a company.
Have you ever cracked a numbered card and re-submitting it to the same grading company?
So basically any HGA 9.5 will probably get a PSA10.....
that Jordan love is an awful crack definitely no making money there lmao
PSA is very inconsistent nowadays , overrated and way overpriced period.
PSA doesn't grade .5 grades so the SGC 9.5s have been graded 9s by PSA. I like SGC better.
shame on you!
Your ruining the hobby psa is now worthless because of you all doing this, shame on you, population counts and grades are no longer valuable a gem ten is junk shame on you population counts RUINED!
Great video