Pliers type cutting tool and the like

A pliers-type cutting tool for cutting cable and the like, said tool comprising a pair of crossing levers, pivot means connecting said levers together at their crossing regions, manual gripping arms extending from one pair of lever ends for movement of said arms toward and away from each other, and cutting jaws on the other pair of lever ends and movable into and out of overlying relation, said cutting jaws including laterally inner edges movable slidably past each other upon said jaw movement to effect shearing action, said laterally inner edges each including a substantially straight distal portion extending from a radially outer point generally radially inwardly and obliquely laterally outwardly of the respective jaw to combine with each other in defining an included angle facing toward said pivot means, for urging an intermediate work piece toward said pivot means, said laterally inner edges each including an arcuately concave proximate portion extending continuously from each distal portion generally radially and laterally inwardly from a respective distal portion, said proximate portions combining to capture an interposed work piece and shear the latter, and a nub on each of said laterally inner jaw edges located radially outwardly of said radially outer point and projecting generally toward each other normal to said distal edge portions, for retaining relation with a work piece before said jaws move into said overlying relation.