the.com/wire stripper
A pair of scissors that promises not to kill you, usually.
means A hand tool with notched jaws sized to grip and peel away insulation from electrical wire without nicking the metal conductor inside.
from Straightforward compound coinage: 'wire' plus 'stripper,' the agent noun from 'strip,' meaning to remove an outer layer. 'Strip' in this sense traces back to Old English-rooted Germanic words for stripping off clothing or covering, and the tool name simply describes its job literally — it strips wire — dating to the era when electrical work became common enough to need a dedicated tool for it.
- gauge slots
- matched to wire sizes so you cannot sever copper
- self-adjusting kind
- grips and cuts in one squeeze automatically
- common failure
- nicked copper that snaps weeks later