On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
  You can (or at least could) get cutters almost
designed for this sort of
 job. Essentailly a flsh-cutting end cutter. Most of the manufacturers of
 precision pliers/cutters (LIndstrom, CK, etc) make them. If you go to a
 good tool shop, you can problably get a pair (but be waned they will not
 be cheap!). 
Cheap tools are rarely good and vice versa.
My fingers and eyes are too valuable for cheap tools.
-ethan