Horn filing?

[ggg-2 3,550]

In Green Isn't Your Color, at the beginning, Rarity takes Fluttershy for a spa day, and in one scene, one of the spa sisters uses a nail file.....on Rarity's horn. Yes, horn filing is apparently a thing. But why? wouldn't filing a unicorn's horn be harmful? I don't think a unicorn horn is like a fingernail.

[Pastel 7,627]

Weird.

Maybe that was a joke: Rarity needs to look fabulous everywhere.

Edited August 19, 2014 by Blobulle

[lelouch. 625]

Who knows. Maybe horns do need filling every now and then. But then this is rarity we're talking about

[Digit 321]

its a possibility they get pretty sharp and need a filing for safety reasons. I mean remember a unicorns original lore was to run threw people with evil in their hearts.

Edited August 19, 2014 by Digit

[Invincible 2,090]

Maybe, similarly to human toe/finger nails or even some animal claws, horns turn somewhat uneven in texture - maybe it's considered a form of cosmetics or hygiene to file some of their horn's surface away?

[Deathstroke 1,564]

Or maybe they turn into a sharp pointy edge horn if they didn't take care of it

Edited August 19, 2014 by Deathstroke

[M'aiq the Liar 5,804]

well, it depends on how the horn is grown, and what it is made of. If it is made of cartilage then there would be little pain in filing it down or shaping it, as normally cartiliage does not carry many nerve endings. It could also be an external protrusion of bone, in wich case the outler layer would most likely not carry nerve endings as any use at all would cause mass amounts of pain.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And because she uses her horn like a spear, and you always gotta keep your weapons sharp.

[sweetolebob18 724]

When I was growing up, we had some parakeets.  We had to trim their beaks & claws occasionally.  Perhaps Unicorn horns are the same + (maybe) social pressure to keep them filed down & not dangerous.

[silvadel 1,393]

Barbs...  Have to remove the barbs.