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Placing the knives in the woodblock to prepare haba tori
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The bamboo strips are given an uniform width; haba tori
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Different strips of split bamboo in various stages; hirawari
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Bamboo strips are pulled twice through knifes placed in a V-shape
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Bamboo strips are given uniform thickness
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A planning blade (suki sen) is used for even thickness of the bamboo strips
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Almost completely splitted bamboo strips
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The starting of the pleating
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The two baskets we made
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Two beginners baskets, one very professional basket