Abstract: A tool for stripping tubular insulation off of a wire without contacting the wire comprises a hollow body in the shape of a pistol having a nose at one end with an aperture upon a longitudinal axis, adapted to axially receive an insulated wire to be stripped, a pistol grip and a trigger pivotally mounted within the body, which includes a fixed jaw. An upper jaw overlies the fixed jaw, extends into and is pivotally mounted upon the body and terminates in a jaw arm. A resilient wire stripper is operably nested and retained between the jaws and includes a pair of opposed outwardly biased support arms terminating in a pair of opposed spaced transversely slotted blade mounting heads with co-planar blades secured within the heads having opposed semi-circular openings at their meeting edges of a radius slightly greater than the radius of the wire.