One swipe of a Trilobite will cut it, as will EMT shears or one of those cheap serrated steak knives. When I mentioned the standard location for the cutting device, I was referring the the DIR/GUE rig, which is what I thought you were asking about. The cutting device goes on the the waist belt just to the left of the buckle. Historically, most of this stuff came out of the North Florida cave diving community of years ago.