Kajak Sport Skeg Cable Assembly

Kajak Sport (AKA Kayak Sport) makes several skeg systems and they are the supplier of skeg parts for many top brands of sea kayaks. For steel wire cable style skegs, Kajak Sport sells the cable and skeg blade pre-assembled as a unit with the cable molded into the plastic blade and not designed to be removable (although with a heat gun it is sometimes possible to replace just the cable). To install a skeg cable, the ends must be cut cleanly and square. In order to cut the skeg cable yourself, you will need a cable cutting tool designed for cutting stainless steel cable up to at least 1/8" diameter (3mm). Such tools are often called "aircraft cable cutters". Wire cutters, Lineman's pliers, etc. will not work for this type of cable (we've tried). Even to work just one time the cutting tool must be rated for cutting stainless steel cable (ones that are rated thus will say so on the packaging). The cable cutters that work typically cost $50-$70 and are a hard to find (try bike shops, marine