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This is a sequel to an earlier question.

Park Tool's CN-10 (and similar, such as Pro's Team Cable Cutter, Jagwire's Pro Cable Crimper and Cutter, Pedro's Cable and Housing Cutter, Feedback Sports' Cable and Housing Cutter ...), is labeled "cable and housing cutter".

But in Park Tool's own video Calvin Jones uses the side cutter pliers SP-7 for cutting (brakes) wound housing.

Is the (brakes-specific) wound housing too tough for the CN-10? I have enough extra cable length to experiment, but I'd rather not risk damaging the CN-10.

Will good hardware-store side cutting pliers (aka diagonal cutting pliers) do the trick, or is the SP-7 (or similar) really necessary?

Another experiment, as mentioned in an answer to the question quoted above, is to use a Dremel circular cutter. There I'm less worried about damaging something than having a circular cutting tool fly off into a body part (and I won't know whether I can do it fast enough to avoid heat that will melt the plastic parts until after the fact).

This is a sequel to an earlier question.

Park Tool's CN-10 (and similar, such as Pro's Team Cable Cutter, Jagwire's Pro Cable Crimper and Cutter, Pedro's Cable and Housing Cutter, Feedback Sports' Cable and Housing Cutter, Shimano's TL-CT12 Cable Cutter, and others), is labeled "cable and housing cutter".

But in Park Tool's own video Calvin Jones uses the side cutter pliers SP-7 for cutting (brakes) wound housing.

Is the (brakes-specific) wound housing too tough for the CN-10? I have enough extra cable length to experiment, but I'd rather not risk damaging the CN-10.

Will good hardware-store side cutting pliers (aka diagonal cutting pliers) do the trick, or is the SP-7 (or similar) really necessary?

Another experiment, as mentioned in an answer to the question quoted above, is to use a Dremel circular cutter. There I'm less worried about damaging something than having a circular cutting tool fly off into a body part (and I won't know whether I can do it fast enough to avoid heat that will melt the plastic parts until after the fact).

This is a sequel to an earlier question.

Park Tool's CN-10 is labeled "cable and housing cutter".

But in their video they use the side cutter pliers SP-7 for cutting (brakes) wound housing.

Is the (brakes-specific) wound housing too tough for the CN-10? I have enough extra cable length to experiment, but I'd rather not risk damaging the CN-10.

Will good hardware-store side cutting pliers (aka diagonal cutting pliers) do the trick, or is the SP-7 (or similar) really necessary?

Another experiment, as mentioned in an answer to the question quoted above, is to use a Dremel circular cutter. There I'm less worried about damaging something than having a circular cutting tool fly off into a body part (and I won't know whether I can do it fast enough to avoid heat that will melt the plastic parts until after the fact).

This is a sequel to an earlier question.

Park Tool's CN-10 (and similar, such as Pro's Team Cable Cutter, Jagwire's Pro Cable Crimper and Cutter, Pedro's Cable and Housing Cutter, Feedback Sports' Cable and Housing Cutter ...), is labeled "cable and housing cutter".

But in Park Tool's own video Calvin Jones uses the side cutter pliers SP-7 for cutting (brakes) wound housing.

Is the (brakes-specific) wound housing too tough for the CN-10? I have enough extra cable length to experiment, but I'd rather not risk damaging the CN-10.

Will good hardware-store side cutting pliers (aka diagonal cutting pliers) do the trick, or is the SP-7 (or similar) really necessary?

Another experiment, as mentioned in an answer to the question quoted above, is to use a Dremel circular cutter. There I'm less worried about damaging something than having a circular cutting tool fly off into a body part (and I won't know whether I can do it fast enough to avoid heat that will melt the plastic parts until after the fact).

This is a sequel to an earlier question.

Park Tool's CN-10 is labeled "cable and housing cutter".

But in their video they use the side cutter pliers SP-7 for cutting (brakes) wound housing.

Is the (brakes-specific) wound housing too tough for the CN-10? I have enough extra cable length to experiment, but I'd rather not risk damaging the CN-10.

Will good hardware-store side cutter pliers do the trick, or is the SP-7 (or similar) really necessary?

Another experiment, as mentioned in an answer to the question quoted above, is to use a Dremel circular cutter. There I'm less worried about damaging something than having a circular cutting tool fly off into a body part (and I won't know whether I can do it fast enough to avoid heat that will melt the plastic parts until after the fact).

This is a sequel to an earlier question.

Park Tool's CN-10 is labeled "cable and housing cutter".

But in their video they use the side cutter pliers SP-7 for cutting (brakes) wound housing.

Is the (brakes-specific) wound housing too tough for the CN-10? I have enough extra cable length to experiment, but I'd rather not risk damaging the CN-10.

Will good hardware-store side cutting pliers (aka diagonal cutting pliers) do the trick, or is the SP-7 (or similar) really necessary?

Another experiment, as mentioned in an answer to the question quoted above, is to use a Dremel circular cutter. There I'm less worried about damaging something than having a circular cutting tool fly off into a body part (and I won't know whether I can do it fast enough to avoid heat that will melt the plastic parts until after the fact).