"Gilding the Stanley" - My Customization of the Stanley 199 Knife

"Gilding the Stanley" - My Customization of the Stanley 199 Knife
This is my try at customizing a Stanley 199 utility knife per the "Stanley 199 Challenge" proposed by @357magdad over on @ScoutCrafter 's channel. I was running late and didn't have any paint stripper so I went full industrial black enamel over the standard paint coating. After several light coats of black enamel I used gold leaf to gild the checkering in the handle. Sealed the gold then for good measure gave the entire thing a few coats of gloss clear enamel. Finally I got rid of the terrible looking screw the knife came with and replaced it with a steel slotted flat-head screw from my collection of old screws. I heat-blued the screw to a nice dark color which I think looks a lot nicer in the knife.
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[@Resto-Rob]

Wow! Your Stanley looks amazing!

[@DavidCAdams]

Thanks Robert!

[@mrbenmall]

Wow! Gold leaf! Very cool!

[@johnduff6436]

The most elegant entry by far!

[@talk2kev]

That's a new twist, Turned out awesome.

[@ot9180]

Good playing on a box cutter must be the most incredible act of creativity.

[@357magdad]

The gold leaf came out nice!

[@DavidCAdams]

Thanks. I'm really happy with the way it turned out. The blued screw turned out a lot darker than it appears in the video; matches the black paint now. Going to be doing a lot more blueing in future projects I think.

[@Brian-Burke]

I know I'm late to the 199 party, but this is fantastic!

[@kevinsmith1791]

Truly spectacular nice job.

[@DavidCAdams]

Thanks I appreciate it!

[@irishgoldstacker8018]

Beautiful knife there bro. I have a few vintage Stanley's and I'm telling you they're a better knife than the modern bells and whistles ones, folding and all that. Just much more reliable use out of my Stanley's than a £20 hardware shop knife. The blades seem to stay in place better. Great video, lovely guilding, never seen that before. Liked and subbed

[@stefknivescollection4150]

Nice job with the gold leaf 👍🏻

[@SkyForgeVideos]

Nice job! The gold leaf is a nice touch.

[@thymekiller]

wow! i dont know what to say except, wow!!!

[@DavidCAdams]

LOL thanks!

[@marcmckenzie5110]

By far the most elegant entry I’ve yet seen. Your finishing skills are amazing, where fine attention to detail and patience count. I wish I knew how to apply precious leaf overlay! Nice job 👍🏼

[@DavidCAdams]

Thanks. It's super easy and very forgiving to work with.

[@feedingmymakermonkey246]

Turned out great, David! My video should go up tomorrow... can't wait to share!

[@RedraspusMusic]

Nicely, nicely!

[@1stinlastout165]

Can't see it looking that good after a few weeks as a carpenter lol

[@Rick_Schott]

Wow, I did black and gold (black chrome actually) but nothing like this! Very cool!

Pimp my knife, awesome.

[@BestUserNameUK]

Awesome! May I ask why you heated the screw?

[@DavidCAdams]

To heat blue (blacken) it. It doesn't show too well in the video, but it's almost completely black after that.

[@ot9180]

A gold plated Stanley?

[@LakePlay]

lol. Spends 8 hours on a box cutter that is still work $6.00. What was the purpose cupcake?