Soil pipe cutter

A pipe cutting device comprising, first and second arms each having a jaw end and an actuator end, means interconnecting said arms for pivotal displacement about a jaw axis extending in a given direction transverse to the longitudinal direction between the jaw and actuator ends thereof, displacement of the actuator ends in one of the directions away from one another displacing the jaw ends toward one another, a flexible, non-extendible cutter chain adjustably mounted between the jaw ends of said arms to circumscribe a pipe to be cut and having a plurality of cutting elements thereon, a threaded actuator rod, means interconnecting said rod with the actuator ends of said arms for rotation about a rod axis spaced from and transverse to said jaw axis and for rotation of said rod in opposite directions about said rod axis to displace said actuator ends toward and away from one another, means for rotating said rod in said opposite directions, and a handle mounted on the actuator end of only one of said arms, said handle including a first end attached to said actuator end of said one arm and a gripping end extending from said first end transverse to said given direction.