{"id":13850,"date":"2026-04-09T21:09:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T21:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=13850"},"modified":"2026-04-09T21:09:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T21:09:03","slug":"why-does-your-nail-clipper-have-a-little-round-hole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=13850","title":{"rendered":"Why Does Your Nail Clipper Have a Little Round Hole?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That small hole on nail clippers isn\u2019t random\u2014it\u2019s a practical design feature.<\/p>\n<p>It lets you attach the clippers to a keychain or hook so they\u2019re harder to lose, and can also help with grip or organization (like separating fingernail and toenail tools).<\/p>\n<p>Historically, it dates back to older grooming tools in the 19th century that were carried on chains for convenience.<\/p>\n<p>Even though nail clippers have evolved, the hole stayed because it\u2019s simple, useful, and reliable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>That small hole on nail clippers isn\u2019t random\u2014it\u2019s a practical design feature. It lets you attach the clippers to a keychain or hook so they\u2019re <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=13850\" title=\"Why Does Your Nail Clipper Have a Little Round Hole?\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13851,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13850"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13852,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13850\/revisions\/13852"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}