[oleyellar]

There are many methods of skinning cats and cutting hose.
Die grinders with a cutoff wheel work the best for me.
If you wrap tape around the braid, then cut clear through with a high speed cutoff wheel, you get a clean cut, and no fraying of the braid. But, what you DO get is tons of black burned neoprene dust inside the hose, that has to be flushed and washed before useing.
So,
Wrap the tape, Mark a line so the cut is square to the hose, cut through JUST the steel braid with the high speed cutoff wheel on your die grinder, then complete the cut through the hose with a sharp knife. The rubber is thick enough to get through the braid without going clear through. That produces a clean cut with no junk inside the hose. Remove the tape and install the hose end.