Re: mainly bad comments about electric knives....
 
As for myself, I have the "cheese knife" electric decapping
"planer" and I think it is WONDERFUL!!! Compared to the conventional
electric broad-blade knife, I find the planer-type decapping much more
effective. The "drag and scoop" method is very effective, easy to
control, and seems to minimize damage to the combs.
 
I wonder if Mark in Ottawa had a planer that was set for too high a
temperature? The other possibility is technique? There is certainly
no time to dawdle once that baby gets cooking. It's essential to
get the decapped wax and honey into a collection bucket right away.
I find the planer is well designed to scoop up the wax and a bit of
honey, hold it momentarily in the "scoop", and then it melts the wax
and warms the honey so that it all slides off quickly into a collection
bucket.
 
 
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