Abstract: A wire stripper for stripping the insulation off small gauge size conductors is provided by securing a die having a guide hole therethrough onto the upper end of a supporting bar. A flat elongated flexible blade has its lower end clamped to the back surface of the bar and a V-shaped notch on its upper cutting edge extending partly across the opening of the guide hole in the die. Upon inserting the free end of an insulation coated conductor into the front end of the guide hole of the die, the flexible blade is bent backwardly to enable the coated conductor to slide past the cutting edge of the blade. When the cutting edge is at the point on the coated conductor where the stripping is to start, the coated conductor is pulled out of the guide hole.