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Abstract

A jig for making chopsticks defines a guideway for a cutting tool and includes a workpiece holder that is configured to support a stick thereon in at least two different positions inclined at different angles relative to the guideway when the jig is in use. The jig may form part of a system for making chopsticks including a cutting tool that is manually slid along the guideway to cut the stick. The jig enables the stick to be positioned in several different positions sequentially so that in each of the different positions the cutting tool cuts a different surface of the stick to thereby form a high quality chopstick by hand. The jig may be reconfigurable for different styles of chopsticks, and may include a blade sharpening feature and an optional end-trimming assembly for cutting a pyramidal finial on an end of the chopstick.

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