Thanks for answering my question on the double take wrenches! Curiosity satisfied!! And that Stanley utility knife!!! What a fun project for my boys to add to their tool boxes. You took that $5 box cutter and turned it into an heirloom piece! So classy!

Another amazing result! Nobody does it better. I'd like to see a video dedicated to the types of paints you use, how you prep a tool for paint, how you tape it off, your application technique, how you dry it. Your paint jobs are always so neat.

Great looking utility knife! The Tamiya Clear Orange really sets it off. Thanks for sharing another great project.

I really appreciate this project. You have inspired me to take this on as a project. I make it a point to watch at least one of your projects everyday. The problem is, you show us so Amy wonderful old tools I want one of everything you have. The problem is you can’t go down to the store and pick one up. Such agony! 🙂 Thanks again!

What a great vintage looking casting. Work of art now.

Gorgeous job of restoration. Wow, what a beautiful utility knife.

Gorgeous Stanley upgrade? Would never thought it would turn out that nice! LOVE the clear orange!!!! Beautiful job SC!!

Wow, just wow. Why a tool manufacturer covers the knife in grey paint when with a little care it could be as classy as yours, I have no idea. Utility becomes art. You never disappoint and a new video from you is one of the highlights of the day.

Nice job. I love the clear orange paint. That has to be the fanciest Stanley knife on the planet. 👍

HOT DAMN! You did diamonds as well on those beauties?!?! Maaaaaaan....amazing...simply amazing!

That Stanley knife came out better than new!!! It's a beauty!!

Beautiful work. Thanks for the video

Not blingy enough for the Kardashians, but if Queen Elizabeth here in the UK, has a Stanley 199 in her toolbox - then this is it! Cool project!

Hey 201 thumbs up and no dickhead has put a thumbs downs. Since I have been watching your channel I have collected a small box of hand tools to restore and I have a better appreciation for some of the things I find that once would have been consigned to the junk pile. Thanks for the education. It just amazes me how good some of the old tools, and new ones for that matter, can look. Please keep up the great work. Cheers mate, Stuart 🇦🇺

That turned out fantastic, another work of art.

That Stanley turned out gorgeous beautiful job. God bless you and your family Scout. 😁 but I'm still telling you those other two wrenches you got to put them in a picture frame with a glass on both sides just so they can be looked at they are a masterpieces I am in love with those wrenches wow they're beautiful...

Beautiful work ... thank you for describing the process ... curious about what grit sanding belts you used ... you mentioned two, the last one being 'fine'. I just ordered a belt sander and hope to do some restoration work and would rather not start to course on aluminum and destroy my project.

You never fail to impress me. Love the fact you did something anybody could do. Even people in a small apartment in the city can do something simple like this.

The tool company's need you to start doing some design work for them John. Bring some classy looks back into the tool world.

STUNNING resto with that orange paint! Looks almost Kandy Color!

That orange looks good John . I went over and watched 6 or so of MrDoeboy356 videos and then subscribed to his channel . I am in to his kind of tiny metal/copper work , and will be putting up some of my own videos on it as well this year .

Love the Stanley Knife .... so simple but so beautiful. ... it came out great.

My dear ScoutCrafter, you should consider attending one of the many makerfairs. I think you'd really enjoy it. And thanks a lot for sharing all this with us. I am always looking forward to your videos. I don't know...they just make me happy. Thank you for making my day a little brighter. I wish you all the best. Keep up the good work!

That turned out WONDERFUL! Next I want to see you shine up your snow shovel after the season is over. Thanks, Crafty Scout! A-PLUS!

Fun little mini-project!

Great job! I would like to see some more modern tool makeovers!

Even when I was young I saw that fixed blade utility knives had the edge over retractable utility knifes for blade holding rigidity, but the way I use a utility knife it's just not sensible for me. I don't work at a work bench often, I don't carry a sheath or wear a leather apron with a dedicated section for an utility knife, I'm here , there, and then somewhere else always throwing it in a pocket so a retractable type is my only option. That said what you've done with that Defender & this Stanley is BEAUTIFUL, & I'll be on the lookout for a deal on a Defender to do up maybe in Maroon or Red accents & made a sheath & keep in top of my toolbox.

Great job a plain everyday off the shelf knife turned into a real work of art!!!

Maybe we should have a Stanley 199 challenge - get Joe's Shop, Ben Mall, Wire, Super Wrench, Man Cave, TD, etc to post their own rendition!

The knife turned out great!👍🏻

JN I have looked at that Stanley utility knife a million times, but I never really saw it until now! I have my fathers original in a cabinet somewhere, thanks to you I know what I'm going to do with it.

Who would’ve thought you could do that with a brand new knife from Amazon great job 👍

Great choice! As always, beautifully done.

Orange is my favorite colour on a tool. Easy to find if you drop it outside etc. Great mod!

Wow. Looks like a little piece of jewellery! Rappers will be wearin' these things around their necks! You've started a whole new trend. Restoring brand new tools!

Cool knife and great polish. Like the color not too bright. Boy does that look sharp!

Excelente 👌 a quedado mucho mejor que de fábrica, muy buen trabajo 👍👍👍

Hi scout, what a great job on the 199e you did.if stanley did a finish like that it would be 20$,lol .I noticed it didn't have the triangular metal guard ,that stanley UK supplied, in its day more people must have been cut trying to remove and replace that thing,did it myself a few times ,eventually made a leather pouch for it ,still have that knife from the 1960 s, liked the marionette by the way. Take care.Stuart.uk

very nice. thanks for posting your vids. relaxing to watch.

That looks amazing that orange really makes it pop

On the other side of that coin if you're like me you're so used to having a super crowded work space you look at all the other stuff around the workspace in the video and just get it. Tons of older projects sitting around mixed with future projects.

That was fun! I doubt that anyone would put that in their belt thinking it was theirs! Crazy what a bit of time and blast if inspiration can do!

You never disappoint - superb work, superb video. I look forward to your frequent postings ScoutCrafter; without a doubt you are the best hand tool restorer on You Tube.

Nice job Scout.👏 Makes me wonder what it would be like to go down a store aisle and see all the tools looking as nice as this from the factory. Next one jeweled?

That’s really nice, perhaps if you wanted to display it, you could take the sharp edge off of a blade and polish that as well. That would look really neat especially as it’s not a retractable blade.

Amazing,,how you make any tool a work of art🍻

That looks great! The marionete was very cool. Thanks for sharing cheers.

Superb video tutorial. Thanks

That is one pretty utility knife!!

Came out great Scout! That clear orange sets off the polish. I like it.

A beauty..nice work.

Really like the engine turning ont the pipe wrenches. I have ben planning on trying it myself.

That came out really nice. Great video

Beautiful job as always. Would like to have seen the paint application.

That turned out amazingly awesome!

Nice job Scout. Looks better than that black one i saw. I think he used 357 mag black. LOL

Wow Scout you keep outdoing yourself I would have really liked to seen the paint process though how you got the letters and all that pop out thank you very much for all you do can't wait for the next video

Another great vid. Although, like many others, would have liked to see the painting. Have a great day.

Good as always... If Gepetto lives he would like this puppet... :)

Good job for a very useful tool. Thanks...captjack

That's a lovely looking knife

Amazing! OK...there was a Puppet Theater in Salisbury Park/ Eisenhower Park, bordering on Westbury and East Meadow. I worked at that theater as a puppet maker and performer in the 70s and 80s. Jim Henson tried to recruit mebto do the Muppet Movie. I couldnt go to England at that time....college and other obligations...Anyway...Long Story Short, I'm the guy that perfected the kind of latex rubber heads that Henson used , like Miss Piggy. I taught their guy the way to make plaster molds and use the rubber for hands, heads and other things! I bet you never thought that Marionette of yours would get a story like this out of me!! PS..Got the pictures to prove it! LOL!

I'm psyched. ScoutCrafter can't hide the passion.

I like it! You turned it into a collectible. Thanks

Wow, that came out awesome :)

Oh and that orange just pops!! Nice

Hello again. I have my late fathers Stanley 199 from way back, maybe the 1960s or earlier and it does have a hanging/lanyard hole. As you say they have changed the design slightly. Strangely just before Christmas 2018 I cleaned up and polished a Stanley STA155008 at work and it looked and felt much better than it did with the paint on it. I have an old Eclipse pad handle for a future project (alloy) that I got for 50p from a car boot sale. Do you have any pad saw handles amongst your collection?

That headless puppet was a tease - now we need to see your collection of HEADS! I like the orange with the polished aluminum!

Love it! I have a drawer full of these, might knock one out tonight!

Man that's nice once again Mr Scout crafter strikes again 😂

Straight out of this old tony to scout brilliant

Thanks Scout it would be nice if Stanley could make a line of tools for the collector with maybe a higher finish, nice job on the knife , l collector case pocket knifes, have a good day kind Sir (Doug in Ga) 🌞

The orange look more yellow but that's kinda the Stanley color so great job on it

looks good brother

Beautiful knife! With quality starting to creep back into tool lineups these days a large company like Milwaukee, Stanley or Snapon could sure use your advisory skills to enhance sales. As I've mentioned before in a comment I've seen people trade in perfectly good tools just to rebuy the same tool with a higher quality finesh with color. Black chrome, nickel full polish, with nearly every color handle in the rainbow. Who knows... Maybe Milwaukee will seek out your advisory services after seeing your videos. One of my biggest complaints buying tools is the lack of quality. Your eye for quality is second to none in my opinion but your experimentation with color is really grabbing my attention. I admit that I've stopped your videos numerous times to look at something in the background. LOL

Pretty darn nice looking knife once you were done. Quite a transformation without a lot of processes/work. Polish up some razor blades to go with it?? Don't know if you questioned that it may be magnesium, but I believe if you put a couple drops of vinegar on it, you will see it bubble a bit, versus aluminum where it will just sit there like a drop of water

Love what you did with that new knife. Who'd have thunk it. Nice job.

That turned out great I have a couple I will have to do one up.

Yet another fabulous job the paint certainly sets it off well done. Best wishes as always

The black cutter too nice to use

Really awesome! If only these came from the factory this way, right? Love the clear orange.

Very nice!

Awesome scout

As you said a fun project that turned out great

As usual you have turned something very ordinary into something extraordinary. Love the orange.😀

Wow! Did things just get creepy? Er no! It's scout just loving the little things in life..... Got Ya.

SC... Wow!...It turned out beautiful.... Now go back and "jewel" the front of it.

Cool color !!! 👌✨👍

That 199 stanley shed it's paint like a snake. Nice work.

Thanks great video and love the

Thanks. I’ve always been fascinated with puppets, marionettes and figurines. If you look at my video labeled my workshop you’ll get an idea of my obsession. Also that orange clear reminded me of an old orange tootsie pop. Great video.

Good job! I would suspect the casting is Zamak, Zink Aluminum that is.

Great job. I like it

That looks mint.

Man this was some super neat stuff scout knocking them out of the park 😃👍

Hey ScoutCrafter, can you talk about the little hand pointer you use from time to time? Love the new knife, it’s amazing that you can always make something look so classic!

I polish my Stanley's for work. They feel way better in the hand

You do add class to a new tool. Years back they might have done that to increase sales. Mr. Dunlap did that for Sears Crome plating tools. Beautiful job.

Taking you up on your Stanley 199 Challenge. Ordered a couple of them from Amazon today. We have until March 1?

Man you never cease to amaze me haha. All the hobbies you have had and the skill you put forth in these hobbies is awsome. Make it look simple and easy even though we know some of it is not. Concerning the knife, do you tape the knife off a just use a tiny brush? Then whipe the lettering clean? Thanks again.