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I have Cyclo ones that give me no problems at all, but then I've always assumed that you have to open up the inner plastic sheath with a bradawl to get the inner through (or just push from the factory-cut end to the home-cut end). Using the broadest crimping section to re-round the outer profile also helps. I can't imagine what's going on if the cutter's mangling it so badly that you simply can't get the inner through.
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I've always assumed that you have to open up the inner plastic sheath with a bradawl to get the inner through
Cheapo cable cutters come with a pointy bit on the side for exactly this purpose. I've always found it a strange omission from more premium ones.
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Seems a good time to ask... I'm looking for a decent cable cutter.
I have a chunky boi Park Tool CN-10 but it doesn't play nice with compressionless cables - they look fine after cutting but then inner cables will not go through. Maybe it's crushing them somehow during cutting.
I've resorted to using my old pair of Knipex diagonal side cutters which do a good job, but they are so blunt that every housing cut is a wrestling match.
Before I buy another set of those, what's the better option here?