Production flaw or bad trim job?

[Hero Restoration]

I am real suspicious of this book but I was hoping to get some more opinions. All the edges look a little too nice and sharp but it is the top edge I find real odd. Nice straight edge till up to near the spine then there is this piece sticking up and worn above an otherwise clean edge. Can this have just been a bad cut at the printers or is it an incomplete trimming of the edge? There is still some overhang so I am puzzled.

 

 

[Green]

I have seen this as a production flaw several times but it does look trimmed in this case.

[Mike's Rack]

I have seen this as a production flaw several times but it does look trimmed in this case.

 

+1

[faster friends]

+2

[rodan57]

You can see the exacto knife line where it didn't cut completely through.

[buttock]

That's the tell-tale sign of a (poorly done) trim.

[That Ron Dude]

If I ever trim a book I will use a fresh blade.

[This is water]

Just cut the rest off. No big deal.

 

[Hero Restoration]

Thanks for your input all, the owner has decided to go ahead and send it to CGC, if it comes back trimmed the seller will be getting an earful and then some.

I personally don't think that color break is a blade mark but I still definitely have my suspicions about the all the edges.

 

 

I hate trimming, it is hard to detect, hard to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt, and if you are the owner of one raw you have to decide whether to point that out to other buyers when you don’t know for sure if it is and either risk burning someone else if it has been trimmed or taking the loss in value when it really wasn’t.

Most of the time when I see someone post one in question there is a mixture of opinions but this book is looking unanimous.

 

[FFB]

That's the tell-tale sign of a (poorly done) trim.

 

What he said.