09-12-2017, 04:02 AM
Well done and very informstive, Grepper.
As an old, retired phone man, one if the side benefits when my phone line is out of service is chatting with younger (active) repair techs ( the present day versions of me). Being curious, I "steal with my eyes", always trying to keep up with the latest technology. During the last outage, I noticed the tech wearing a kevlar glove. These gloves are not new, just required now. You only need one (Actually, amigo, you might need two
) Part of our standard omnipresent tool kit on the pouch is a "blue knife". On the civilian big box store, blue knives are the ones with the orange handles. In field use, they are a good test of the high BESS range. They may be called electrician's knives. They have a short fixed blade. We use them for skinning the outer sheath of telephone cables. I have also seen a splicer cut his lunch steak with one. 
Joking aside, Grepper, you might want to look into a kevlar glove.
Ken
As an old, retired phone man, one if the side benefits when my phone line is out of service is chatting with younger (active) repair techs ( the present day versions of me). Being curious, I "steal with my eyes", always trying to keep up with the latest technology. During the last outage, I noticed the tech wearing a kevlar glove. These gloves are not new, just required now. You only need one (Actually, amigo, you might need two
) Part of our standard omnipresent tool kit on the pouch is a "blue knife". On the civilian big box store, blue knives are the ones with the orange handles. In field use, they are a good test of the high BESS range. They may be called electrician's knives. They have a short fixed blade. We use them for skinning the outer sheath of telephone cables. I have also seen a splicer cut his lunch steak with one. Joking aside, Grepper, you might want to look into a kevlar glove.
Ken