I think this tool should be on all boats going offshore. I have personally tried this cutter on wires up to 10 mm. It is like putting the knife in the butter on a hot summer day.
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by Janko S.
2/10/2014
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I still not use it, I hope that will work useful or that I never use it.
Wantendraht should be cut to 10mm. I've tried this with a leftover piece of Hamburger rope factory. It's just that way. In the test, it is important not only to cut 2 centimeters from the end of a piece (while the individual cut Kardeele fly one after the other in the room) but to cut \ "in the middle \", because that is the realistic use case and goes around a lot heavier. \ r \ nWith 10mm wire you need very big hands because you have to open the handles extremely wide to reach the next notch. I can not imagine how to do that with 13mm steel wire. \ R \ nMan needs about 10 - 15 clicks per cut. \ R \ nAfter a cut, your hands hurt and the muscles in your forearm are cramped. In case of emergency, you will certainly develop more power, but cutting every wish and stag of a complete rig in 10mm with it would be an effort of violence that could not even hold a glass of water and have many bubbles. \ R \ nOn the positive side: \ r \ n- the quality of workmanship looks very good- there is a release with which one can get out of a stuck situation again without throwing away wire and scissors (but I have not tried it) - MUCH smaller and MUCH cheaper as a professional device, which is mounted on a workbench stationary. So affordable for normal sailors where the unit is never used normally - but not suitable for field rigger.