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I remember some of those "vintage brake levers" that sometimes cut the cables after a lot of use and that was due to the very sloppy fit of the housing ferrule to the brake lever body*. More modern levers don't seem to have that problem.
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* I had a bike that the rear brake lever broke the cable on as I was riding to meet someone. On the way home the front brake lever cut its cable. Had to walk the rest of the way as no way was I riding in Toronto, Canada without working brakes.