The easiest, cheapest and best way to get comb honey is to use starter
strips (2.5cm, 1") on normal frames and then produce "cut comb". Easiest
because the bees start drawing without any trouble in a full size super
frame, low cost because one sheet of thin foundation does 4 or 5 frames
and best because the bees can produce thinner mid-rib than any man made
foundation so it's more pleasant to eat.
I agree absolutely about ONLY using one deepbrood chamber and it helps
if there are plenty of bees in it. When we go to the heather (beginning
Sept here in Scotland) we like to see bees hanging out of the entrance
due to lack of space.

Next easiest I've found Ross rounds - the bees fill a small section
which has no corners much more completely than the small square sections
(10cm x 10cm - 4" x 4") usually used here in the UK.

We always produce cut comb honey on the heather because it's thixotropic
and difficult to extract, although it never crystallises. However cut
comb would be messy with some of the thinner honeys and the cut section
would have to be laid on a drip grid prior to packaging.
The heather crop has been a disaster here in Scotland due to sustained
wet weather.

Alan Riach
Bathgate-Edinburgh