Anyone tried this yet?

I have made a couple of videos before opening slabs with a happen and a towel. Most of the time it was dangerous and messy with sharp pieces of plastic flying and falling all over the place. Kind of had me like this...
Smash it with a hammer - YouTube

Now, I have always wanted to try a cleaner and smoother method. So I researched many ways of doing it and found a way I wanted to try. This method required a towel, a shop vise and a small flat-head screw driver to open.


So here is my first time opening up a slab using the shop vise. I must add that it was easy, clean and didn't take much to open.
Please excuse how messy and old looking my work table looks. I have done lots and lots of work on that old table and I still use it to work on projects around the house, toy fixing and building stuff, not to mention lots of painting, hammering, wood cutting, tool fixing, sharpening etc....
Opening A Coin Slab Using A Shop Vise - YouTube

From that particular research I did, it says that this method works great for NGC and PCGS slabs as well.


(PS. The editor box is not working correctly. It is not showing the editing icons or anything)

Man.... I guess this place really did die

I want Jesh back.....

Originally Posted by Rigos_Place

Man.... I guess this place really did die

I want Jesh back.....

The spammers absolutely killed it.




I still like the hammer.

Originally Posted by Lehigh96

The spammers absolutely killed it.




I still like the hammer.

What spammers, Paul. This place was very nice before. What happened. I couldn't come much because I was busy with my own projects but I remember when Jesh was here, it was nice.

Originally Posted by Rigos_Place

What spammers, Paul. This place was very nice before. What happened. I couldn't come much because I was busy with my own projects but I remember when Jesh was here, it was nice.

There was a time when 90% of all the posts on this forum were from Vietnamese spammers. They got moderated, but they were still very annoying.

Thats nice,Thanx for sharing this informative post.

I have always used a hammer and vice to break coin slabs. I have been a closet coin slab destroyer, but now come out and admit to the world that I too will free an under-graded coin from its slab. I feel the freedom of not hiding in secrecy anymore. Thank you for paving the way for people like us.

I like your method of breaking the slab. I might use a chisel to part the slab sections rather than a screwdriver though. It looks like a very clean way to free a coin. But, it certainly doesn't seem as fun as busting plastic all over the place...