Patent ID: 8353107

Claim:
A device for cutting an exterior layer of a cable, the device comprising: a first component and a second component, each of the first and second components having a main body portion having a length, an exterior side, an interior side, a first end and a second end opposite the first end; each of the first and second components including a channel that runs along an entire length of the interior side of the first and second components; wherein the first end of the main body portion of each of the first and second components has a T-shaped handle and wherein the second end of the main body portion of the first component is designed to releasably and rotatably interconnect with the second end of the main body portion of the second component for forming a releasable and rotatable hinge between the first and the second component, said releasable and rotatable hinge including a hinge axis oriented perpendicular to said length of said main body portion of said first and second components, and wherein the first and second rotatably interconnected components are configured for receiving a cable in the channel in the interior side of the first and second components; and at least one blade housing, located on the exterior side of at least one of the first and second components within the main body portion, the at least one blade housing configured for securely and removably holding at least one knife blade in a position such that at least a portion of the at least one knife blade protrudes into the interior side of the at least one of the first and second components and at least partially into the channel of the at least one of the first and second components on which the knife blade is located.