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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ed Sterling, GPCC | ACTUAL quotes from my kids: "Daddy, hummingbirds Bolton, MA 01740 USA | help the bees put honey in the flowers!" "In the Phone/FAX: 508-779-6058 | daytime, the sun melts the moon into cloudpieces!" "[log in to unmask]" | "A snowman makes the quietest sounds in the world" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wish you had a favorite childhood toy from the 1950s/60s/70s back again? Barbie? GI Joe? Fanner 50? Girder and Panel? See http://www.ultranet.com/~ed