In making the kamaboko with a wooden board, spatular-shaped instruments called 'tetsuki-boucho' (a kind of kitchen knife) are used in order to put the fish-meat paste on the 'kamaboko-ita' (the wooden board for kamaboko) in the form of a semicircle.
板付き蒲鉾は、練り合わせた身を「手付包丁」というへら状の道具を用いて、「かまぼこ板」に半円状に盛りつける。