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Abstract

A cable-shaving tool for midspan shaving of a cable jacket includes a housing bottom having a first hinge member along an upper edge, a cavity, and a cable groove extending through a length of the housing bottom. The cable-shaving tool includes a second housing shell having an interior portion having a recess with an upper control surface, an exterior portion, and a second hinge member along a second housing shell edge engageable with the first hinge member. The second housing shell is rotatable about the first hinge member. The cable-shaving tool includes a blade removably securable between a blade holder and a blade support surface on the housing lid, the blade extending within a portion of the recess and a movable cable ramp disposed in the cavity of the bottom housing for urging the cable toward the blade when the second housing shell is in a closed position.

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