Cleaving fibers of differing composition

A cleaver, the cleaver comprising:

• a fiber cleaving assembly;
• a drive assembly;
• and, a scoring assembly,
• wherein the scoring assembly comprises a blade holder and an actuator ring;
• wherein the blade holder comprises a fiber guide and at least one scoring blade, the fiber guide located centrally within the blade holder, a first scoring blade, among the at least one scoring blade, movable, within the blade holder, toward the fiber guide;
• wherein the actuator ring is rotatable around the blade holder, the actuator ring having an outer gear surface and an inner surface comprising a first cam, the first cam having a sloped surface;
• wherein the drive assembly comprises a drive gear, the drive gear mounted within the cleaver to mesh with the outer gear surface of the actuator ring such that rotating the drive gear rotates the actuator ring around the blade holder;
• wherein the drive gear rotating the actuator ring around the blade holder places the sloped surface of the first cam in contact with the first scoring blade, the contact applying a first positioning force to the first scoring blade, the first positioning force positioning the first scoring blade in contact with a fiber positioned within the fiber guide, the first scoring blade in contact with the fiber producing a score in the fiber;
• wherein the fiber cleaving assembly comprises a first and a second fiber mount, the first fiber mount coupled to a first end of the fiber and the second fiber mount coupled to a second end of the fiber, to position the fiber within the fiber guide;
• and,
• wherein a movable fiber mount, among the first and second fiber mounts, is movable, along a longitudinal axis of the fiber, to apply a tensile force to the fiber, the tensile force cleaving the fiber at the position of the score in the fiber.