I imagine this might have an unplanned benefit to sewers -- you can use a smaller needle for the thickness of thread you're sewing with. Even using a threader r

I imagine this might have an unplanned benefit to sewers -- you can use a smaller needle for the thickness of thread you're sewing with. Even using a threader requires you to pull the string through doubled. However, it looks like the eye of the needle is thicker than other needles of the same size. I can't be sure, because I can't tell how big the needle in the picture is.