Multi-blade knife assembly with protective cover

A protective cover for a multi bladed knife, the knife including a handle, and a plurality of blades attached to the handle, each blade of the plurality of blades extending longitudinally from the handle and substantially parallel to each other, each blade comprising a bottom cutting edge and a top non-cutting edge connected therebetween by opposing blade side surfaces, the protective cover comprising:

• a cover top configured to fit over a substantial portion of each of the top non-cutting edges of the plurality of blades;
• a pair of opposing cover side walls, the cover side walls extending downward and substantially parallel to each other from opposing end portions of the cover top, the cover side walls spaced a predetermined distance apart to frictionally fit against outer most side surfaces of opposing outer most blades of the plurality of blades of the knife;
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• the protective cover further comprising at least one spacer tab extending downward and substantially parallel to the cover side walls from the cover top, the at least one spacer tab having a thickness that is sized to frictionally fit into at least one separation space formed between side surfaces of a pair of adjacent blades of the knife;
• wherein a distal end of the at least one spacer tab, and the pair of opposing cover side walls, leave the bottom cutting edge of each of the plurality of blades exposed for cutting while the protective cover is removably fit in locations along over the top non-cutting edge of each of the plurality of blades.