My guess: when a knife cuts through flesh, it could get stuck due to atmospheric pressure and the friction. The holes could trap some air during cutting to balance the pressure, or to drain the blood, or to produce a more irregular wound. Or the holes are functional in some other aspects. Or it just looks cool. Or you can put materia stones there, like the bastard sword in Final Fantasy VII.
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