Heated Uncapping Knife
This quality uncapping knife makes quick work of uncapping your frames by applying limited heat, effortlessly slicing through the cappings for honey extraction.
- 110V power
- Preset temp
- 1 year warranty
PRO TIP: running 9 frames in your 10 frame honey supers causes the bees to draw the cappings out a little wider, making it MUCH easier to uncap! Consider using our frame spacer tool to get consistent frame spacing in your supers every time.
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Worked ok not as well as I had hoped. The knife actually has a bow to it so it would hit top and bottom of frame but would leave cappings in the middle. I’m running 10 frames so the bees didn’t draw them out fat. Maybe I’ll try 9 frames next year and see if that makes it easier to uncap
This knife gets hot, really hot, actually too hot. It gets hot enough to boil your honey on the frame and actually melt your wax immediately. HillCo should probably remove it from stock or add a thermostat.
My old pierce knife works well it maintains 220 to 240 degree range checked with meat thermometer. This knife fluctuates goes up to 380 then will drop to 220 before it turns back on and goes up to 380 again . Scorches honey so not ideal or more likely to get burned skin if you have a slip.