Clipping Counters?

[Poor Yorek]

Some games' countersheets were punched with dies that connected in the middle of the flat sides rather than at the corner. The little leftover tabs when you punch them out are almost impossible to remove. Check images for Beyond Normandy on BoardGameGeek for examples. They are almost unbearable.

The newer ones have this also (e.g. Army at Dawn).  I found that carefully scoring the counter sheet using a sharp thin knife (e.g. a Syderco Dragonfly) or maybe a good quality easy-glide knife before punching out the counters minimized the "hanging chads".