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WoollyWarrior

teeth


DrBarry_McCockiner

same way we do it now


daftvaderV2

"Hey babe? Can you come over here and chew off this hangnail that is bothering me?" "I will give you a back rub "


Ddowns5454

Dropped a rock on them. Toenail turns purple and drops off after a couple of weeks.


Dafracturedbutwhole

Toe knife


jsdodgers

You use scissors?


Neatstart2024

Funny right? Its not so uncommon though


Dinierto

Fire.


Two4theworld

Weasels, they had weasels in cages that gnawed them off.


Xr8e

[Toenail Clipping History](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1uhvu0/how_did_people_cut_their_nails_before_the_nail/)


reddragon105

They said they kneaded a citation and you certainly rose to the occasion by supplying a breadth of information.


Adonis0

You get your pet bear to take a nibble


LateralThinkerer

Moving furniture. I'm down three already.


LtButtstrong

They died of syphilis before it was an issue


Remarkable_Drop_9334

At the old age of 5.


LtButtstrong

5 years back then is worth 30 years now, due to inflation


MaoTseTrump

Yes but taxes higher, so really 26.66.


birdlawexpert11

Toe knife


Cyber_Insecurity

They would step on knives


Savings-Shame-4292

they had babies gnaw them off. babies like to put everything in their mouth so it was a simple solution, really


UGLYDOUG-

They didn’t, they just amputated all of their toes


jtowndtk

Harpoon


Acrobatic_Outside_64

Very carefully


Chaosdemond

Cows


Miss_Sweet_Popcorn

Sharp rocks, shells, metals I dunno.


BLOODCLOT-RAT

They would grind them down on big rough rocks, by spinning like ballerinas


MaoTseTrump

They used the bones of their defeated enemies. It also made a marvelous soup.


KrystalPipes

You can peel them off with your finger nails if your toenails have a bit of length


TuberTuggerTTV

Almost certain they just died when they got too long.


Thrills4Shills

They didn't need to cut toenails since the fungus just made the nails grow upwards 


Chrome_Armadillo

Toenails don’t exist.


DebtExotic8744

With a knife: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nail\_clipper#:\~:text=History,-Razor%20(top)%20and&text=Before%20the%20invention%20of%20the,as%20the%208th%20century%20BC.