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life imitates life wrote:
A test for *any* decent cutter is piano wire. Properly hardened jaws
won't be damaged by this.

You are an idiot, and a troll.

Piano wire is cut with a heavy shear, not a nip cutter. There are no
nip style cutters made meant for steel with the exception of bolt cutters
and they are a completely different animal. That is why a block shear
cutter is used.

Try learning something about tools. It's a standard test to check the
quality of side cutter jaws. There is no difference in principle between
cutting any sort of wire.

If your favourite brand fails this go get a decent one.

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