"Slow Roller" wrote in message
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SimRacer wrote:
"hermit" wrote in message
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After reading about the benefits of braided lines for the past couple
of years, I decided to put a spool on my baitcaster - Stren 40lb. One
thing I noted right off the bat is you just can't cut this stuff with
standard nippers. Even good scissors have difficulty. What do you
guys use?

Thanks,

Dick


Scissors. I have a couple pair on-board at any given time. A heavier
duty
version of some Fiskar's yard/shop scissors, and a Gerber brand 2.5-3"
folding blade that has a set of scissors built-in. Or you can use a
razor
sharp knife or single edged razor-type of knife (one of these folding
knife
like box cutters that are hanging all over the home improvement
warehouse
stores). But usually, I just go for a set of scissors.

IMO, regular clippers just literally won't cut it anymore. When I have
tried
them, I ended up with more fray than anything on braids.



The only way to use scissors with a braided line is to run the line
along the blade, rather than closing the scissors in a traditional
fashion. It's difficult enough to tie knots in these ever decreasing
line sizes and blurring split rings, let alone the fumbling with them
tiny Fiskar finger holes And a blades width is the perfect tag
length, in my worthless opinion.

LOL! I wouldn't call any opinion wothless, since most are freely offered.

Dunno why it is that scissors work so well for me, but they do. A regular
snipping action with either pair of mine work just fine. The ones built-into
the knife are "lever action" and don't even have finger holes. The other set
is regular sized, and my fingers fit ok. Oh, and I do sharpen them fairly
often just as I do my knife blades.