Cable-stripping tool

A cable-stripping tool comprising two parts (1, 2) which are movable linearly towards and away from each other, a cutting blade (3) which is carried by one part (1), a support element (4, 41) which is carried by said one part (1), an abutment (22, 23) which is carried by the other part (2), spring means (5) which mutually bias said parts in their relative movement directions, whereby a cable (7) can be inserted between the abutment and the cutting blade when said parts are mutually displaced in their respective directions against the bias of said spring element, whereby the cable (7) is clamped between the abutment (22, 23) on the one hand and the cutting blade (3) on the other hand when the tool is relieved of load, wherein the distance between the cutting blade (23) and the adjacent part (41) of the support element defines the depth to which the cutting blade (3) penetrates the cable (7), wherein the tool includes a through-passing opening for receiving the cable (7), and wherein at least one of the parts (1, 2) is ring-shaped, characterised in that the spring element (5) is adapted to bias said parts away from each other in their directions of movement;

• and in that the length of the tool in the direction of movement of said parts is adapted to enable a user to apply a squeezing or compression force against the two mutually opposing end-parts of the tool in the direction of movement of said parts with one hand, so as to expose the cable receiving opening.