Dcdavis
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no need to apologize at all. You are exactly right on skinning wire. The same motion as whittling wood. With stripping wire, say romex or any other jacketed wire or cable, a draw cut is perfect with a sheepsfoot or Crk Insigno shape. Bigger wire I’ll just skin the insulation off down to bare wire.Sorry about that. I still agree that your use makes good sense, and the reason may be that you hold the blade low to the wire (I assume). Like whittling?
Mine knife (LH bevel), works for me in my RH because I am scraping with the blade starting at 90 deg, or nearly perpendicular, to the piece--taking off very, very shallow, thin layers.
In some cases, I suppose it's possible the blade may work either way, but would depend on where--and what angle--the blade catches on the material you are cutting...the size of the chip you want ...and how you are holding everything.
[Moved to a different computer. I bumped something on my other keyboard, and the background started moving every time I moved the mouse--was getting sea sick. I think that started this whole brain spasm.]
I may try that Benchmade one of these days just to see how well it works in different situations