Getting fed up of crunching my knuckles!!!

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• Aug 23, 2011

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I'm in need of a decent pair of cable cutters for 10mm and up, tails etc...etc... At the moment I'm using a Stanley Fatmax pair, cheap and cheerful I know but they do the job. The problem is, if it's a really chunky cable I have to use two hands and when the cutters finally snip, my knuckles crunch together so hard it's agony! What I need is a pair of cutters that are so good I can use with one hand no matter what size the cable I'm cutting is, or, a pair that I can use with two hands that has its handles quite far apart so that when they are closed, my knuckles aren't touching. Anyone have any ideas?

 

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• Aug 23, 2011

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I use cutters like these, cut tails & small SWA like they are butter

 

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• Aug 23, 2011

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My Stanleys cut them like butter too, it's just my knuckles get in the way! I think I may have abnormally large hands Thanks for the input but I suspect the snips you have displayed would pose the same problem

 

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• Aug 23, 2011

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LOL, dude you must have some very strange hands..

 

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I dunno? I just have a problem with these kind of snips?! When I have hold of a handle with each hand, when I snip, the sharp jolt I get the second I cut through always smashes my knuckles together.

 

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• Aug 23, 2011

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I see you problem now, what are you cutting that needs two hands?
I can cut tail ect with one hand with cutters like the ones in pic

 

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• Aug 23, 2011

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I can cut 10mm T+E, small SWA and 16mm tails with one hand but 25mm tails and large SWA needs two hands

 

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Not sure on the exact cutters you have, but 25mm tails with my cutters are not a problem. Larger SWA (over 4core 10mm) i always use hacksaw as it takes 2-3 cuts with my cutters(If you know what I mean) All i can say is take some 25mm to your wholesales and try some like the ones in pic, i think you may be surprised at how easy they cut

 

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• Aug 23, 2011

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I think I'll give them a go then

 

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• Aug 23, 2011

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Try doing "forearm exercises" to increase grip strength!! or instead of holding one handle in each hand squeeze your right hand with your left.

 

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• Aug 23, 2011

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try these:

 

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• Aug 23, 2011

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telectrix said:

try these:

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They look industrial! Lol
I get on fine with my wiha croppers 

 

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• Aug 23, 2011

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Mr. Skelton, I recently got some from eyre and elliston in southwick. They are the CK ones and they cut like butter too. You could try them...

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jeremy said:

Try doing "forearm exercises" to increase grip strength!! or instead of holding one handle in each hand squeeze your right hand with your left.

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I'm a rock climber so I know for sure it's not my forearm strength that's the problem!! When I'm cutting larger cables, one hand alone isn't big enough to grip both handles, that's why I use two.

I've had this problem with many various types of cable cutters so I know it's not just the ones I'm using at the moment.

 

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• Aug 23, 2011

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have you tried small ratchet ones like knipex ?

some of the "Ergo form" snips,pliers,cutters look like they might solve your problem

take a dod of 25mm when you go to buy n try see how they do ?? bit hard when buying from Ebay or online tho