When cutting a cable with regular side cutters (sometimes called ****s) or the cutting jaws on Linesman's pliers all you need to do is pinch the good side close to the jaws. When the cable snaps through at most a strand or two will have jumped slightly out of the lay. Drawing and twisting your fingers down over the cable will easily put the displaced strands back into place. It's a simple trick that is easy to do. In fact the good cable cutters can still cause a strand to jump out of place now and then so you end up doing this anyhow.

If one has a Dremel or the special cable and housing cutters then fine. But it's hardly a case where you can't do the work if you only have basic tools. It just takes a bit longer to make the ends presentable.