How to strip sheath off outdoor cable?
I've usually had good luck with a decent quality wire stripper with NM sheathing cutters.  After you clamp down on the cable you just have to pull a lot harder than on NM to break the last bits of sheathing that go around the ground.  I have something similar to this:



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