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DAYLONDE
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DAYLONDE asked in Arts & HumanitiesHistory · 1 decade ago

How did people cut their nails before nail clippers?

I can't imagine any king or queen biting their toe nails off. What did they use?

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  • Blah Blah CATz
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
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    they obviously used knifes and such haha :)

    Source(s): MEOWWWWWWW rufff ruffff........................ meow
  • loryntoo
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    If they had them filed by servants or slaves, they used pumice stone or sandstone at first (oldest file substance) and then nail files made of bronze I believe there's a picture of a woman getting her nails seen to in the Egyptian tombs.

    Finger nail files have been around for more than 4000 years. The nail clipper is a recent invention.

  • Margaret A
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    scissors

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