Cable severance tool

A cable severing tool, comprising:

• first and second members, each comprising an arm having a first planar surface and a severing head with a concave severing edge, the curvature of the severing edge lying in a plane parallel to the first planar surface;
• the first and second members being disposed with portions of the respective first planar surfaces in contact and the concave severing edges in facing relationship toward an axial centerline of the tool, the first and second members being connected at a pivot for movement including converging movement in which the severing heads move toward each other and overlap, the first planar surfaces defining between them a severance plane;
• wherein each severing edge includes a flat face substantially perpendicular to the severing plane and a land extending from the flat face toward a second planar surface parallel to the first planar surface, the land being oblique to both the flat face and second surface,
• wherein the severing edge further includes a relief surface substantially perpendicular to the flat face and extending from the land opposite the flat face, and
• wherein a second land extends from the relief surface toward the second planar surface, the second land being oblique to the relief surface and the second planar surface.