Re: What else can I use to cut strings?
There might be something in the kitchen you can adapt for your purpose, such as a mandoline.
Seriously, use the method Mario described, wiggling the string either back and forth or around and around, though you may want to grip the string a bit away from the post with a pliers. The string has to be held steady or you will just be flailing the loose end about pointlessly. The core of the wound strings may break before the wound part, but that is usually softer metal.
But that's just my opinion. I could be wrong. - Dennis Miller
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