Before getting this hot knife, I'd scoop a sticky dab of live resin with a dab tool, then use a coffee stirrer to try to work the dab off the tool into the pipe. About 10-15% of the dab was left on the tool. Often the part that made it into the pipe got stuck in a nook or cranny and had to be pried out, wasting still more resin. Plus the stuff was all over my fingers. With the hot knife, scoop a dab, press a button, the blade heats instantly, and the dab slides off into the banger exactly where ...