Why does a knife need to be pulled back and forth to cut things?

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Like what difference does the cutting motion do compared to just pushing down a knife ?

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Imagine a razor blade when pushed along the skin it cuts hair but the side to side motion pulls the skin as opposed to pushing it and it cuts.

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