Abstract: An apparatus for connecting a multi-wire-pair electrical cable to a connector housing with movable wire piercing contacts therein having input and output openings for the wires is disclosed. The outlet opening of the housing has a flat end face plate generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the connector housing and to an anvil supported from the end of the housing. The apparatus comprises a crimping and shearing tool also having protrusions to drive the contacts into the wires of the cable. A shearing blade of the tool is positioned to wipe the flat end face plate of the housing to cut the wires flush with the end face plate.