Abstract: A stripping tool for stripping an end portion of an electric wire having an electric conductor covered by an insulating sheath, the stripping tool including a body with a longitudinally extending receiving portion arranged to receive the end portion, a clamping lever articulated with the body so as to be moveable between a rest position and a deflected position, and a first elastic member arranged to apply a return force on the lever. The lever is moved from the rest position to the deflected position by insertion of the end portion of the wire. The lever has an abutting tab portion arranged to apply a stripping effort to the end portion of the wire during removal of the wire out of the receiving portion.