Your knife is a bowl of flaming ice cream. Gorgeous! The striker reminded me of a fabricator friend. He could never find his. So I restored one for him that I painted yellow. He uses it constantly now. Thank you for the entertainment.
Love your content and your vids. I haven't spent much time on RU-vid these past months, but I absolutely love and appreciate you sharing all your experience and knowledge with the world. You make a bigger impact than you realize. I would bet my tool belt on it. Thank you. Seriously, thank you!
Hi Scout ☺ this was great, it's good to see something made on this side of the pond, that model was the first Stanley knife I ever bought, around 1964, they came whith a folded metal blade guard that always ended up lost in the clutter on the bench, cheers for showing this, stay safe mate, best wishe's to you and your's, Stuart UK.
Fun fact: Aggressively wire wheeling aluminum like you demonstrated will inbed little bits of steel into the aluminum and when left to the elements it will show rust stains.
I find collecting these Stanley utility knives quite interesting and fun. Like most of you, you probably inherited from your father an old 199 like this and then you begin to notice all the different variations and model numbers Stanley has made over the years. I currently have about 15 different Stanley utility knife variations in my collection. I clean them up and install new old stock Stanley blades I have to match.
Great video! Another thing that makes a nice, fine matte finish is those white Mr Clean magic eraser sponges. I use a lot of them working on trumpets and cornets!
John, Try this trick in lighting a Bernz-o-matic torch using a lighter or match. Open the valve for a split second, let the flow of gas wane, then put the match or lighter in front of the torch head just prior to no gas being let out and it will light every time! You should show this on air because many times the preferred striker is lost, worn out or broken. This method is so easy and anyone can find a match!
Beautiful . The polished side !! Nice and in depth show John , think this is the most detail on a Stanley I've seen you show us . Everyone can do it now . I don't think I need to do another ... 😂👍
Very nice restoration. Thanks to this channel I'm cleaning up and brightening some of my father's old tools. Thank you for bringing some happiness and joy to a violent world. It makes a difference
I buy self igniting propane torches. As long as you don’t get them wet, the button works every time. I’ve had one for 15 years and it lights on the first or second push of the button every time.
Thanks for the shoutout! That store is truly unique and worth the trip. Dan the owner is a great guy. I love that utility knife. Nice work! I learned about using strikers back when I was cutting with oxy-acetylene torches. Great episode as always!
Love the 199 amazing job that paint is so cool I remember It from my childhood I used to have remote control cars and We would paint them up with it fantastic stuff god bless take care 🔪🦅👍🇺🇸🙏🗽🇳🇿🚀
He is good to deal with. He brings his newer high end tools (Mac, Snap On ect.) to Jacktown, but it is worth a trip to the store. Lots of collectible tools.
@@CalPil0t yep got a pair of Snap-on slip joints from him for a very fair price, he also had two Craftsman “butterfly ratchets” for sale and was tempted to purchase one but regrettably passed
Something I learned while working over in the UK, which your viewers across the pond can probably confirm, is that apparently the response to "Bob's your uncle" is "and Tillie's your aunt". Great job on the knife. The brushed satin finish is definitely the way to go.
Beautiful job Scoutcrafter, keep noticing more and more of these at boot fairs lately, loved the enamel badge old school look on the lettering 👍👍👍🇺🇸🇬🇧 thank you for your message at the start 🙏🙏🙏
This was great! I liked watching the knife taken through the whole restoration process. The torch brought back a lot of memories of my dad working with them. Thank you for the escape and the memories.
Thanks for the great tutorial John! It's nice that you take us along for the ride instead of keeping all your tricks a secret. Love that satin finish! Great job once again.
Thanks for showing the painting process on the stanley knife. Looks great. With the propane torch my trick is to open the gas and light it up as I am actually turning off the gas. It's a little window where basically the smallest amount of gas coming out gets lit and I whack it open again. Works 1 out of 3 times 🤣
Great looking knife I didn’t know that there was a Stanley one made in England but it’s awesome and thanks for the tips on painting to get those letters to pop like that.
Love those old utility knives, have about 6 i think, back when i was rocking drywall, installation. The problem was always the location pin for the blade would wear, so i drilled out and installed a roll pin and cut and filled to fit. The soft casting still has problems but can get more years out of an inexpensive knife. Thankyou John for great vids to inspire all!
That high polish looked pretty slick! Thats a good tip on the old belt scraps. Funny what you take for granted. My father being self employed wore many hats to keep his business going. Welding and torch work were ones he wore often. As a kid he would let me use the striker to light his torches for him. I guess growing up doing that I just figured everyone knew how.
I really enjoyed that video Scout. I can see a potential challenge here as Stanley manufactured in eleven different countries so perhaps you can see how many Stanley knives form different countries you can find. Maybe a photo wall? Australia made the 99E and 299 but I’m not sure about the 199. Cheers Stuart 🇦🇺.
I'm plumb PROUD of you John for putting Edwin Starr's logo about the 'WAR' song on first. That is a GOOD song and SOOOOO true. But who were we to say no after the rest of the family went through #2 and Korea. Like the guy said to me in the steak house, 'You played the game'. That we did. And I like the chrome finish but will keep my old dull gray painted one to cut down the glare. Happy week, Buddy and GBWYou!
Lewie- It seems like the only people that want war are those that never have experienced it first hand. The main stream media and weapons manufacturers have lots to gain from every war. Thanks 😃👍
@@ScoutCrafter No such thing as a good war. A pal and myself were out looking for a big planer power unit (diesel) and it was in the Clinton area and I saw a bumper sticker that read 'Draft Dodging S.O.B. Will Send YOUR Son'. Ought to be like in Bible times where the LEADER led the army in battle, not hid and laughed at all the fools that went. GBWYou, Buddy!
Great stuff John … It is funny I have 3 of the old style torch heads… never have tried them. Gonna have to try it with a sparker. I have used sparker for years in laboratory to light Bunsen burners
Very interesting, amazing how the utility knife has withstood the test of time. Everyone seems to be trying to build a better blade these days, but they still fit the old knives. I sure like my torches with the push-button igniter.
Your sati finish is beautiful. I used to do everything in high polish. Lately I have been doing Satin and matte finishes because I never seemed to get all the scratches out. I got a torch with built in trigger switch igniter. It's great. Don't have to find an igniter.
That tamiya paint always looks so good. I stopped using propane and switched to the butane torch that locks onto the disposable butane can. They are dirt cheap and have a built in trigger. Great stuff. Cheers
Joe- I was just looking at those last week, I have a case of butane cylinders that I will never use in the stove I bought them for so I figure why not? =D
Excellent Monday. While I have a similar utility knife regrettably not a Stanley. It is a Lewis but has some nice similar features. Good project. Thanks
Another fine job, you have a habit of making utilitarian tools look like fine jewelry, that makes us appreciate tools all the more. I never liked the torch sparker lighters, they always seemed awkward in my hand, instead I use an electronic spark lighter, it looks just like the barbecue lighter, it uses 1 triple A battery and works great on my torches.
Thanks for answering my torch question. Get a grip is Bob Garry a fellow member of Crafts of New Jersey. He is always selling at Jacktown, Woodworkers Show and on eBay. He has great stuff.
Nice work on the 199. Zippos light torches better than the little butane lighters. I like the strikers best. When I was an iron cutter I carried a striker because the butane would run out of gas and the day was screwed. Also you don't want to have a butane lighter in your pocket with sparks flying. Calvin Bostin was cutting up some scrap when a spark dropped into the pack of folding matches he had tucked into the side of his cigarette pack in his shirt pocket. He was dancing around beating at his chest to put out his shirt, the cigarettes, and the matches. Just imagine having a butane lighter explode in your pocket. 😁😎
I honestly like the full polish. I know it shows the prints and it’ll show fine scratches. But it pops. What a fantastic looking knife. I’d display it. And yes. The older torch tips. Gotta have a striker. Amazing how how a highly flammable gas can blow out a flame. It just doesn’t make sense.
I have the exact same knife, (somewhere in the shed,),, it's the one I've had since the 70's,, such a shame all my tools I've kept since I was an apprentice, have the word JOHN, or my initials, crudely carved Into them, (usually with a junior hacksaw),, it was the only way to stop them dissappearing into someone else's tool box, 😀😭
Mr. John, these knifes are hands down my favorite thing to do.. just love it! Satin if I'm gonna use it...mirror if they are going into the drawer for me to look at every now and then... you know this knife is what lead me to doing videos.. and.. I have not found that paint you use yet.. at least not a cheap bottle..lol.. but its certainly the only paint that should be used on one... looks like jewels melted down.. enjoyed it...not that you could tell..lol..have a good'un
Roger- On Steel Polish is great because Steel is hard, however whatever metal composition this knife is made from is very soft and scratches so easily, even as a show piece it would pick up scratches. The cast iron models would hold up very well! 😃👍. Thanks
I’ve got one of those out in the garden right now, been slitting cement bags with it. It’s currently looking worse than the before. Deep shame and Guilt !! I’ll rescue it and do the business! Got a fair few of them, and the retracting ones too. Can I find one when I need it? Like tape measures, they vanish.
I know in America you call them utility knives, or craft knives or whatever, but here in the UK all knives like that are Stanley knives. Even other brands. It’s a bit like hoovers. In the uk, every vacuum can be called a hoover, even though not every vacuum IS a hoover. Every insulated drink container with cup (you know the type) is a thermos flask……even if it isn’t a thermos brand.
I agree with your "politics." I still don't watch the lopsided "news" on TV, it should be renamed "propaganda." Great tutorials on working with aluminum and lighting propane torches. Can't wait till Wednesday. See ya! Jim
Yes MAPP is very similar but burns hotter. It’s also more expensive. You use it for jobs that need just a little more heat like brazing and tempering Metal... 😃👍
Hello Scout Crafter I understand and appreciate the practicality of the brushed or satin finish. But only Scout Crafter can make a tool look like a jewel. I vote for the mirror finish. Would a coat of clear shellac help avoid the finger Polk prints? Great show always. Thank you for always sharing your vast knowledge. Sincerely, The Kelly's☘
I also like a high polish finish the only problem with this type of material whether it be aluminum or zinc casting whatever this knife is made of, it seems like such a soft metal that it picks up every single minute scratch your neck and really makes the knife look beat up before it’s time. Now with a steel we wouldn’t have that problem. 😃👍 Thanks!
Hi Wayne- Amazon has it too. www.amazon.com/Tamiya-Acrylic-X27-Gloss-Clear/dp/B00TT856HG/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3AYYA7MAJ841&keywords=tamiya+x27&qid=1646127149&sprefix=tamiya+x2%2Caps%2C274&sr=8-1
Since you mentioned the torches again I went to use mine last night (It’s fairly new) and the gas would come out. It was in my shop (no central heat) while being 29 degrees or so outside. Today it’s 70 degrees (that’s Oklahoma for ya) and it works great. I guess the temperature does that?
Sometimes if you shake the canister it will help. In Scouts we used propane well below freezing. I wonder why 29 degrees gave you issues? Thanks Brian!
The sound of a striker was a daily thing when I was in the steel business using cutting torches all the time but now I probably only hear that sound a few times per year if that since I usually use my click light propane torch...............Here a little tidbit for you, once you get a cut started and the steel's heated up a little you can turn off the Acetylene and keep cutting with just the Oxygen.........Serves no purpose other than just messing around, it's not practical and kinda tricky.
I have taken your advice and stopped watching the news with the exception of this particular conflict. I definitely noticed it had a significant effect on my mood. A friend hit me with one thing though, how am I entitled to have an opinion on or vote on a topic if I'm not learning everything I can about it? His stance was that staying current on news was a civic duty, it informed you how to vote with your conscience. How do you respond to that concept?
JP- It's so funny you mention that because just the other day I commented that "Anyone who gets their current events information from the main stream media is a fool" I love that quote! =D Like all truth you have to search it out and after a short while you can detect the BS a mile away... Right now the MSM is in full blown warmongering mode. There are two sides to every conflict. The internet is a wonderful tool but absolutely full of fiction and made up statistics. The worst are Fact-checkers.. It's a joke. Even history books are being written to slant the facts! You have to search the truth out.
@@ScoutCrafter I wasn't endorsing mainstream media. I didn't realize that's what you meant. I have never watched MSM, have always sought out opposing viewpoints and tried to form my own opinion. Quitting this activity greatly improved my sense of peace
Last one of February already! You know what's funny, I see those British 199's everywhere. But I've never seen a USA one. We made so many exacto knives in Europe that very few were imported I guess. It looks great like this, I got a very similar looking result on mine using one of those steel wool scrubbing pads with soap inside. Don't know how news is over there put here a funny thing happened. Mr P*tin apperantly solved covid. Nobody's talking about it anymore! You're right though, no ordinary working folks want war. Only the rich and powerful benefit. Always been like that. Hope you'll have a great week there!
Recent subscriber here -- very nice how you scuffed off the red paint on the lettering. But I gotta comment on the torch lighting technique. Yes, it's hard to fire one if the gas flow is too much, the O2 doesn't get a chance. It's sorta opposite of how one can throw a lit match into a can of kerosene and it goes out. Oh jeez, disclaimer: numbskulls plz DO NOT try that with gasoline / petrol.
Is that the same method for achieving a satin chrome finish on steel? I've noticed particularly in machining tools that the satin Chrome finishes seemed to hold up to the elements much better than the full polish. This seems counterintuitive to me, the satin finish technically has more tooth for grime to stick to and yet they seem to consistently age much better. Do you know why?
Interesting. I like the hand surfaces of my tools to be polished and they really hold up well except for some slight tarnishing (Baby patina) I am not sure with the satin as I usually use that on softer alloys... =D
FYI John, the DNA results are back and it is a 99.999% certainty that "Bob" IS NOT your Uncle.😁😆😂 BTW I prefer the Mirror Finish, Beautiful Stanley 199.
Like Carl von Clausewitz wrote in his famous book "On War": "War is a mere continuation of politics by other means". And this is still valid today, even if that sentence was written over 200 years ago. And people notice that the Russian soldiers are not very motivated to fight against their Ukranian brothers. That's the reason they send over Chechen and Belarussian mercs. Best thing was several Russian tanks stranded on the streets because of empty fuel tanks. Several Ukranians are making fun of that. One truck driver pulled over and asked them if he should tow them back to Russia. One farmer told them that he would help them by towing their tank. He hooked up their tank on his tractor, leaving them behind. Hey, I mean you must have massive balls of steel stealing a tank from an invading force that way... My grandpa had one of these England Stanley knifes. I remember he stored it in a self made sheath, made of a cardboard box with a lot of masking tape wrapped around that. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-14gVDF2b1vA.html Stealing tank: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GPdYAq41W80.html Or people overtaking an armoured Russian truck and throwing a molotov cocktail on that truck. Pure despair. And I think they'll errect a statue of President Selenskyj after that. Answer after the USA offered him an evacuation: "The battle is here, I need ammunition, not a ride!". Same thing with the mayor of Kiew, former boxer Vitali Klitschkow. Or as we called him back then here in Germany "Doctor Iron Fist" (PhD in sports science). I never thought I would have a war in my backyard, Ukraine is less than 1200km / 750 miles away.
Hello there from Russia. Don't watch these propaganda videos on youtube. A lot of them aren't true. For example, a video with people overtaking a Russian tank and throwing a Molotov cocktail is a little awkward. Watch it up more closely, and you will see that is the same "tank" that is dragged by a tractor from the "stealing a tank" video. And also it isn't a tank. It's MT-LB. Both sides are using MT-LB. It's very hard to say whose MT-LB it is, Russian or Ukrainian. But most of the Russian armored vehicles signed with white Z letter on the side. So with a high degree of probability, it can be assumed that all the videos you are talking about are not reliable. War is bad, but false propaganda is even worse. That's why , just do not watch the news or the video on RU-vid. It's useless. We will never know the truth.
@@mikhailbo8540 Propaganda, says the guy that probably believes Putin's propaganda (This isn't a war, this is only a special operation). And tank is easier, more people will understand this than calling it "ATV" (armoured tracked vehicle). And the markings are probably to distinguish different units with different orders because there's not only the Z, some stripes, Z in square and Z in triangle. And also there's no "Z" in the kyrillic alphabet. We will know, the truth always pops up, sometimes it takes just a bit longer.
@@Marcel_Germann Being a kind person, I suggested that you be more attentive and believe less information about the origin of which you know nothing. But you "smart and polite" European just tried to insult me. Fabulous. Goodbye and good luck.
