Editing Nail clipper (section)

==Design==
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Nail clippers are usually made of stainless steel but can also be made of plastic and aluminum. Two common varieties are the [[plier|pliers]] type and the [[compound lever]] type. Many nail clippers come with a miniature [[File (tool)|file]] affixed to them, for [[manicure|manicuring]] (smoothing) the rough edges of nails, and some come with a nail catcher. {{citation needed|date=February 2025}}

The head of a nail clipper may be either concave or convex. Nail clippers with convex clipping ends are intended for trimming toenails, while concave clipping ends are for fingernails. The cutting head may be manufactured to be [[Parallel (geometry)|parallel]] or [[perpendicular]] to the [[Principal axis (mechanics)|principal axis]] of the cutter. Cutting heads that are parallel to the principal axis are made to address accessibility issues involved with cutting toenails.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}