This is a sequel to an [earlier question](https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/q/35494/48599).


Park Tool's [CN-10](https://www.parktool.com/en-int/product/professional-cable-and-housing-cutter-cn-10) (and similar, such as Pro's [Team Cable Cutter](https://www.pro-bikegear.com/global/tools-maintenance/tools/team-cable-cutter), Jagwire's [Pro Cable Crimper and Cutter](https://jagwire.com/products/tools/pro-cable-crimper-and-cutter),  Pedro's [Cable and Housing Cutter](https://pedros.com/products/cable-cutter), Feedback Sports' [Cable and Housing Cutter](https://www.feedbacksports.com/product/cable-cutterend-cap-crimper/) ...), is labeled "cable **and** housing cutter".

But in Park Tool's own [video](https://youtu.be/Xg5MrDgLhHI?t=342) Calvin Jones uses the side cutter pliers [SP-7](https://www.parktool.com/en-us/product/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).