Abstract: Method and apparatus for manufacturing a braided jacket with fairing members on a cable core using a standard dual sinusoidal path braiding apparatus comprising apparatus to perform the following steps:a) picking up a thread bundle from the selected bobbin-thread tensioning device in at least one sinusoidal pathway by using a hook above the bobbin-thread tensioning device through the use of an extension associated therewith; b) allowing the hook to pull a loop of the thread bundle by the action of the braiding operation; and c) cutting the loop of thread by a cutting edge mounted on the hook when the loop of thread moves up an incline in the hook to the location of the cutting edge as a part of the braiding operation; and d) the cut end of the thread loop being free of the braided jacket so as to function as fairing.