✂️ What’s the Small Round Hole on a Nail Clipper For?
If you’re talking about the small round hole near the end of the lever/handle on a typical nail clipper, it usually has a surprisingly simple purpose:
It’s a keyring hole. 🔑
You can use it to attach the nail clipper to a keychain, lanyard, zipper pull, or small travel organizer, making it harder to lose and convenient to carry.
But there can be another hole
Some nail clippers have a small circular opening in the metal body rather than the lever. That opening may be part of the clipper’s construction or used to accommodate the lever’s pivot/riveting mechanism, depending on the design.
So, if you mean the hole at the very end of the flip-up lever, it’s primarily there for attaching the clipper to something—not for sharpening nails or cleaning under them.
