this creates an interim space between the upper side of the knife carriage 45 and the bottom side of the wall of the knife holder 41 shown sectionally in fig1 where the cable 1 can be fed through molded onto the bottom side of the knife carriage 45 is a joint receptacle in which a knife unit guide roll 49 is supported rotably preferably the axis 48 of the knife unit guide roll 49 coincides with the articulated joint of the upper spring support element 81 the knife unit guide roll 49 runs along the guide link 32 at the bottom side of the clamping arm unit 30 the guide link 32 is provided with locking notches run up slopes etc to control the movement of the knife unit 40 in relation to the clamping arm unit 30 as will be elucidated below a core component of the stripping pliers 100 according to the invention is in addition to the knife unit 40 with cable feed through channel the elbow lever unit 70 together with the stop element 50 the elbow lever unit 70 is comprised of a first elbow lever 72 and a second elbow lever 75 that is articulated on the first elbow lever via an elbow lever center axis 73 the elbow lever center axis 73 is guided in a movable fashion in the elbow lever axis guide groove 66 of the handle lever unit 60 via an elbow lever guide roll 74 the second elbow lever 75 with its second elbow lever end axis 76 is articulated at the.