Why are guillotine blades angular rather than rectangular shaped?

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Guillotines chop heads. If you look at the guillotine blade, it is angled, with one side of the blade much higher than the other end. I would think the guillotine blade would be shaped more rectangular.

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So that it actually slices as it drops. If it was rectangular, the cut would be a lot more brutal and gory.

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