Multipurpose knife handmade in South Korea. This knife has the advantage that it is not necessary to heat the blade in order to remove the cappings thanks to the sharp and narrow edge.
It is not an uncapping knife: it is the short blade you carry for the four odd jobs of the day. To uncap a whole frame, the tool is another one.
Multi-purpose apiary knife for cutting comb, tidying up uncapping, prising frames apart and opening feed bags. About 100 g.
01 · THE FOUR REAL JOBS
The uses are specific: cutting comb, finishing off uncapping where cappings are left, prising apart frames stuck with propolis and opening feed bags without wrestling them.
That is a field knife, not a bench knife. A whole frame gets uncapped with a long blade that covers its height in one pass; this is the one that deals with what the long blade left, or what turns up once you have packed away.
02 · ACID HONEY, DRY BLADE
It works with honey and wax, and honey is acidic: when you finish, rinse it and dry it — do not put it away damp in the toolbox.
And the obvious that is worth saying anyway: in the apiary it is handled with gloves and sticky hands. You cut away from yourself and you put it away closed — a loose knife at the bottom of a box always finds a finger.
03 · BEFORE YOU BUY
This is the knife:
| ✓ FITS | Carrying it in the apiary for cuts and touch-ups. |
| ✕ DOESN'T FIT | Uncapping whole frames: there are long blades for that. |
| ⚠ NOT INCLUDED | Sheath. |
| Product | Multi-purpose apiary knife |
|---|---|
| Model | ADVANCE |
| Uses | Cutting comb, tidying uncapping, prising frames, opening bags |
| Weight | About 100 g |
| Reference | 990403 |
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Multipurpose knife handmade in South Korea. This knife has the advantage that it is not necessary to heat the blade in order to remove the cappings thanks to the sharp and narrow edge.
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