You’re standing in the electronics aisle of your favorite hardware store thinking to yourself “I’ve got a razor blade and some pliers. This should work.”  You are wrong.

You’re standing in the electronics aisle of your favorite hardware store thinking to yourself “I’ve got pliers. Maybe the stripping tool is sufficient.”  You are still wrong.

Spend the twenty dollars or whatever for the combo cutting, stripping, and crimping tool. Future you will love you. And in the end you will have saved money because you’re going to get there anyway.

Darwin's wire tools