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Claim 1

A WIRE STRIPPING TOOL COMPRISING, WIRE GRIPPING MEANS, FIRST AND SECOND WIRE INSULATION CUTTING BLADES, MEANS MOUNTING SAID BLADES FOR RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN AN OPEN POSITION AND A CLOSED MATING POSITION, EACH OF SAID BLADES HAVING A REFERENCE FACE AN AN INCLINED FACE, SAID INCLINED FACE OF SAID FIRST BLADE FORMING THE SAME ANGLE WITH THE REFERENCE FACE OF SAID FIRST BLADE AS SAID INCLINED FACE OF SAID SECOND BLADE FORMS WITH SAID REFERENCE FACE OF SAID SECOND BLADE, SAID FIRST AND SECOND BLADES BEING MATED SUCH THAT THE REFERENCE FACES OF EACH LIE IN A SUBSTANTIALLY PLANAR, PREDETERMINED PATH OF CLOSING CONTACT, SAID MATED BLADES AND SAID WIRE GRIPPING MEANS TOGETHER AT LEAST PARTIALLY DEFINING A NATURAL PATH OF RELATIVE WIRE TRAVEL IN ANGULAR POSITION WITH RESPECT TO THE FACES OF SAID BLADES, SAID PATH OF TRAVEL BEING INCLINED TO THE NORMAL OF THE PLANE ON WHICH SAID REFERENCE FACES LIE BY AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO APPROXIMATELY ONE-HALF THE ANGLE OF EACH INCLINED FACE WITH ITS REFERENCE FACE, SAID WIRE GRIPPING MEANS BEING POSITIONED TO MAINTAIN A WIRE TO BE STRIPPED ON SAID PATH OF TRAVEL, AND MEANS TO CAUSE RELATIVE MOVEMENT ON SAID PATH OF TRAVEL BETWEEN SAID BLADES AND A WIRE MAINTAINED ON SAID PATH OF TRAVEL.