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Paper is a thin sheet of matted cellulose fibers. Largely derived from lignocellulose, paper is created from a pulp dissolved into a slurry that is drained and dried into sheets. Different types of paper are defined by constituent fiber, paper pulp, sizing, coating, paper size, paper density and grammage. The papermaking process developed in East Asia at least as early as 105 CE by the Han court eunuch Cai Lun, and paper is the material folded in origami and written on in calligraphy.

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Largely derived from lignocellulose, paper is created from a pulp dissolved into a slurry that is drained and dried into sheets.
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Dip Pen (Wikipedia)
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A dip pen is a writing instrument used to apply ink to paper by dipping into an inkwell.
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A bone folder, bonefolder, or folding bone is a dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease material in crafts such as bookbinding, cardmaking, origami, and other paper crafts that require a sharp crease or fold.
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They are used, amongst other things, in hobby work for precise and clean cuts of paper, cardboard or textiles using a scalpel or rotary cutter.
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Pattern notcher (Wikipedia)
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A pattern notcher is a common tool used in patternmaking and sewing that creates a notch in a paper pattern.
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The deckle is placed into a mould to keep the paper pulp slurry within the bounds of the wire facing on a mould, and to control the size of the sheet produced.
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A Hollander beater is a machine developed by the Dutch in 1680 to produce paper pulp from cellulose containing plant fibers.
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Board Shear (Wikipedia)
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Used extensively in bookbinding, a board shear is a large, hand-operated machine for cutting board or paper.
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Paper Cutter (Wikipedia)
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It is designed to administer straight cuts to single sheets or large stacks of paper at once.
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Scissors are usually used for cutting thin materials such as paper, cardboard, metal foil, cloth, rope and wire, although a large variety of scissors/shears exist for specialized purposes, and their design details often dictate which is best for the intended job.
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Paper knives are used for cutting open the pages of hand-produced books where the folding of printed sheets creates some closed edges that require severing of the paper before reading.
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The splitting band knife (or band knife or bandknife) is a kind of knife used in several fields including: tannery, EVA/rubber, foam, cork, shoe and leather goods, paper, carpet and other soft sheet materials.
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