Wire Stripper with Cutter and Screw Shear | Knipex 13 72 8
For electrical installation and repair work, this Knipex tool provides a manual wire stripper, cutter, and screw shear in a single hand tool. It strips 10 to 20 American Wire Gauge (AWG) conductors, both solid and stranded, which covers everyday panel wiring, fixture hookups, and control cabinet tasks. Electricians and plant teams get one industrial wire stripper for the pouch instead of three separate tools.
Construction is forged, high-grade special tool steel, oil-hardened in multiple stages so the working edges hold their sharpness through daily use. Used as a cable stripper, the same head also cuts cable and wires, including NM-B, BX, and MC types, letting you cut a run to length and strip it with one tool in hand. That combination trims tool changes out of everyday terminations.
Key features:
• Locating ridges: make the stripping holes easy to find, so repeat strips stay fast and accurate.
• Shear cutting blades: give this heavy duty wire stripper 50% higher cutting capacity than competing designs while cutting effort drops by 25%.
• Screw shear: cuts 6-32 and 8-32 screws, with induction hardened blades and shear surfaces for long edge life.
• Wide gripping jaws: twist wires securely without reaching for separate pliers.
• Wire looping groove: bends conductor loops for fastening under screw terminals.
• Reversible lock: engages left or right handed.
What should electricians expect from one combined stripper?
Expect one plier-format tool that strips, cuts, and shears, the multi-function approach this wire stripper cutter takes to routine electrical work.
Applications: conductor stripping, cable cutting, screw shearing, wire twisting, terminal loop forming, conduit deburring.
Industries: electrical construction, industrial maintenance, panel building, building services.
Users: electricians, panel builders, maintenance technicians, controls technicians.
How do you use wire stripping pliers on solid and stranded wire?
Insert the conductor into the hole that matches its gauge, close the handles, and pull the insulation away in one motion. Because the jaws handle both solid and stranded conductors across the 10 to 20 AWG range, you can move between branch wiring and finer control wire without changing tools. As with other wire stripping tools, pull straight back so the insulation slug comes off cleanly.
What is a wire stripping tool used for besides stripping?
Stripping is only part of the job for this wire stripping tool. A reaming edge cleans burrs out of cut conduit ends so pulled conductors are not nicked, and the built-in shear shortens 6-32 or 8-32 panel screws to length during panel fit-out. Both functions sit in the same plier frame you strip with, so pocket space stays free.
Does the lock suit left handed electricians as well?
Yes, the lock can be used either left or right handed, so this Knipex wire stripper closes and stows the same way for any user. That matters when electrician wire strippers are shared across a crew, since the tool stows closed for everyone regardless of which hand runs it.
