noisy dampers

[J Patrick Draine]

>Most likely the noise is caused by the damper felt bowing the strings
>when coming out.  Especially trichords are bad but maybe bichords will
>do it also although I have not yet seen that.
>
>Two solutions.
>
>1.  Get some end nippers and cut the felt off below the strings.

Dear Newton,
"End nippers" like for cutting center pins?? Or are there scissors 
with a ninety degree offset which would do the job properly? Anybody 
else have a "best" nomination for the tool to do trim trichords in 
situ?

Patrick