What is the use of curved knives/tools seen in some nail cutters?
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What is the use of curved knives/tools seen in some nail cutters?
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It is not a knife ! It is a nail file, with a curved hook.
The file is for filing your nails, the hook is for getting dirt out from under your nails.
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Curved blades are used primarily for scoring wood, leather, etc. Mainly the tip is used and with a needed flare to the rest of the blade during the cutting stroke. Think of it in terms of a pick to enter and clear a groove or sever the top of a pitted fruit. A fingernail is curved and if you are trimming excess skin a straight blade…
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To go off topic for a second. When a person falls it’s best to try and have as much as your body hit at the same time to spread out the impact. Because it the impact is at one point, say your elbow, you could break it. That same logic is the easiest way to explain differences between flat and curved blades. A curved blade will give you one spot to make impact against your surface where flat blades spread out the impact. Also with that curve it extends the cutting service to roll with the cut. Flat blades like scissors uses a pinch point to shear the object. Rounded objects tend to try and roll away from it and you can’t get the round object to the pinch point to use the scissor at their most effectiveness.
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The tool ,found on most nail clippers, whose end is curved is used for cleaning under the fingernails to remove dirt and grime. It is curved to prevent gouging the skin under the nail.
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