Most noted are their ultra-sharp scissors (both surgical scissors and haircutting/barber scissors). This is achieved using a combination of hair coloring, haircutting, and hair texturing techniques. I had an apartment on the Lower East Side, where I had haircutting salons. As a minor league baseball player, Yamamoto took up haircutting as a hobby. Haircutting exemplified Chinese/Buddhist cultural problems. In Cook Islands tradition, the haircutting ceremony is a rite of passage for young boys. They began singing hip hop in 1995, while earning their living in a haircutting saloon.