Could it be true? An honest to goodness braid cutter: I spent most of the afternoon doing reel maintenance, which is a good thing. I hate doing it because you have to run new leaders...

Brownsville Tony Loc: Brownsville - Laguna Madre

I spent most of the afternoon doing reel maintenance, which is a good thing. I hate doing it because you have to run new leaders and swivels and the only way to deal with all the braided line is an open flame or a hot cigarette tip. But, (insert fanfare here), earlier I got a gift from one of my kids. Probably an early father's day present. It was a set of pliers from Kastking. One is just a lip grabber but the other one is called 'The Intimidator', a needle nose type with cut outs to do pinch-on split shots, etc. But it also has a tungsten cutter on it for lines. I'm not kidding you, I snipped up about 6 feet of braided line in sizes from 18 lb. to 40 lb. in eighth of an inch pieces, just waiting for this to fail and fray a cut. It never did. It is teflon coated and handy to use. It even gets close enough to cut the tag ends from knots and that kind of stuff. I'm impressed, and I am hard to impress normally. I have no great love for KastKing either, but this seems like a great product.

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

Brownsville Tony wrote:

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Yeah Tony, there are several pliers with carbide cutting blades on the side, that work well cutting braid. Among others, BPS has a couple different styles. I have a pair of aluminum ones that I got last year, for free, when I renewed my subscription to The New England Fisherman magazine. They work very well, and the carbide blades are replaceable. Also they cut very cleanly with NO frayed ends.

USAF Major Loc: Sea Bright, NJ

Childrens' Fiskars work for me.

Brownsville Tony Loc: Brownsville - Laguna Madre

Fredfish wrote:

Yeah Tony, there are several pliers with carbide cutting blades on the side, that work well cutting braid. Among others, BPS has a couple different styles. I have a pair of aluminum ones that I got last year, for free, when I renewed my subscription to The New England Fisherman magazine. They work very well, and the carbide blades are replaceable. Also they cut very cleanly with NO frayed ends.

I can almost guarantee I'll lose them over the side before I know if they will last under salt water conditions, but I'll try to hold on to them for a while. I was convinced that the only thing that would cut braid was something electric with a hot wire that you had to hook up to a boat battery. Sure hope I was wrong.

bknecht Loc: Northeast pa

Brownsville Tony wrote:

I can almost guarantee I'll lose them over the side before I know if they will last under salt water conditions, but I'll try to hold on to them for a while. I was convinced that the only thing that would cut braid was something electric with a hot wire that you had to hook up to a boat battery. Sure hope I was wrong.

BT, when you said “I’ll try to hold on them for a while” I had to laugh. Just picked them up the other day AND LOST them in the lake today. Terrible comedy of errors, boat plug, broken rod.....the list goes on. A memorable and learning day.

Sinker Rig Loc: Tampa area

Great! I use these.....Cuda 3" Titanium bonded, around $4 at Wal-Mart, very handy when spooling braid

flyguy Loc: Lake Onalaska, Sunfish Capitol of the World!

Brownsville Tony wrote:

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I had a good braid cutter along when we fished together last winter. I don't think I mentioned it to you though. It is a pair of scissors made by Rapala. I like it, and it does the job. I can't say that I have ever lost one that didn't work, but I have tossed a few away because they were a POS. I always keep them on my lanyard around my neck. I have had that lanyard since 1979, My oldest son gave it to me for a Christmas present when he was in the 7th grade.

Brownsville Tony Loc: Brownsville - Laguna Madre

Yep, I use a lanyard too that has my old toenail clippers on it, which works fine for mono but only flattens out the braid. I couldn't put these pliers around my neck because they are fairly heavy. Get bouncing around out there and they would fly up and break my sunglasses or my teeth. And I've done the boat plug routine too and broke two rods in one day when I was kayaking. Who has more fun than people?

DeeJay Loc: Southwest Virginia

I use a cutter from a dental floss box, mount it somewhere that you can reach it readily. I also use the cutters that come with weed-eater line, it dosent get as close to the knot but still works well. These work as well for mono and florocarbon. Keep fishing.
DEEJAY

Ben Bragg Loc: Dayton Ohio

Brownsville Tony wrote:

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I got a pair of Gerber neat freak scissors
Love em. You can trim the shortest tag ends of braid and it cuts clean.
Best I’ve found

Brownsville Tony Loc: Brownsville - Laguna Madre

I've decided that these will not go to the boat. They're too handy to have on my bench. I'll use FlyGuys when he is out with me or the cigarette butt trick......lol

JimCT Loc: Connecticut

Small braid scissors by Rapala and others work really well , easily fit in a pocket , or attached to a lanyard. Use them all the time . So quick sharp and easy, I use mine for flouro and mono as well . I think my line cutters are all but retired

hacksaw Loc: Pasadena, Texas

Brownsville Tony wrote:

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I use the large finger nail clippers. They work well.
Hack 🇺🇸🍺🍺

audigger53 Loc: Severn, MD

I have a stainless steal knife with a 2 inch lock blade. Was part of a "kit' with pliers like a leatherman. I keep a 6 inch Mill file in the tackle box. After I shaped the blade with a Dremal with the round sandpaper roller, it only takes me about 10-15 seconds with the mill file to make it really sharp. No problem with cutting braid. If I could find another one I would buy it in a heart beat. I keep it in my pocket except when I need to use it.
I also used the Dremal to shape my Stainless steel filet knife. Once you have the blade shaped correctly it is really sharp, and easy to keep sharp with the Mill File. I would NOT do that with a really good knife like my folding hunter Buck knife. Just the Marble stones on it. I do have a Braid cutter on a tool my wife bought me for tying Uniknots easy, up to 3/0 circle hooks.

hemihappy Loc: pawleys island s.c.

Ben Bragg wrote:

I got a pair of Gerber neat freak scissors
Love em. You can trim the shortest tag ends of braid and it cuts clean.
Best I’ve found

Thought about getting some Gerbers but $24 if I lost them I'd have to go in after them.