Why aren't there any companies that still make knives like these?

[pertinux]

I still use nail files regularly, I was a product of culinary school, we had to be clean shaven, clean uniform ( chef coat, handkerchief around neck, fingernails short & clean etc.) it carried over into my professional career. I don't work as a professional chef anymore, but I'm also a multi-instrumentalist & need to keep the nails on my left hand short, I rarely use a pick, so I keep my nails on my right hand a little longer and need them to be shaped and filed smooth not to snag.

When you posted your series of pictures of How To Open A Peanut One-Handed, I immediately thought:

"Aha. Guitarist's thumbnail."

I was going to ask for confirmation then, but as the subject was something entirely different I refrained.



~ P.

 

[Django.cj]

I have to agree with Christian - personal grooming in public being a no-no. But noticing a fingernail needing attention and being able to discreetly attend to it in the men's room rather than waiting until you have returned home is a plus.

Guess I don't get it... If my nail gets jagged or torn, I'm fixing it ASAP. The nail file on a cadet or just the file on my Leatherman works fine. I'm not picking my nose in public, it's just a nail.

 

[T. Erdelyi]

There are a few companies that have nail files but what you don't see anymore is the little corn ,(meant for cutting corns on your feet)knife blades.

I have a few knives like those down and I keep the corn knife razor sharp, just not for cutting corns, more for cutting dead skin and calluses on my fingers.