What do you rip off low-grade?

Originally Posted by BuckStacyBuck

so you're saying there are brass tabs in the plastic ends that connect the wire to the board?

I think the BSB is talking about a socket that is soldered onto the board. He leaves the plug connected into the socket & just cuts off the wire thats connected into the plug.
Leaving both plug & socket connected to the board. And his wire now has a clean cutoff end on it.