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Favorite Cutting Tool?

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I think the title says it all, what do you like to use to cut line?

I either use a pair of serrated scissors or a pair of clippers used for getting in grown toenails

Serrated scissors. Or my Benchmade Griptilian if I don't have scissors on me

Leatherman Wave knife or Rapala scissors.

I use the mini craftsman wire cutters. They work great for braid to. When they get dull I can just exchange them for a new pair.

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Wire cutters for mono and fluoro. Scissors for braid, and a knife for everything else.

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Regular line - scissors and finger nail clipper

 

Braid line - scissors

 

Hooks - metal cutter

Boomerang tool.  I always have it when needed, or I am always looking for where I stuck the scissors or clippers.

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westscott titanium scissors

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nothing comes close to the boomerang tool....  

For years, I used fingernail clippers. Then I really broke down and invested in a nice pair of titanium pliers with outside line cutters.

A little pocket knife or a lighter

Always have nail clippers in my bag.

 

My new favorite tool is the kvd split ring pliers. Cuts braid like a champ.

Rule #9 - Never go anywhere without a knife

 

Always a knife, whether is a benchmade, or a zero tolerance, or even a lowly gerber.

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I used the Mustang KVD braid cutter this past year and it did an alright job for fluoro and braid. It would be nicer if it was stainless so it didn't rust but for $7 it's not too bad. Used to use Rapala pliers with the carbon cutter which worked slick until a partner dropped them in the drink. 

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Have had quite a few braid cutting pliers, cutters always fail with just a little bit of age, No Mas.

At home I use Westcott scissors, in the filed a Walmart pliers for freshwater and a Harbor Freight (lifetime replacement) for saltwater, braid gets cut with a flame.

No Mas.

 

braid gets cut with a flame.

You've become bilingual down there Snook!

 

Do you use something to shield the mono of your leader from the flame?

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