Bucket Engageable Holster for Plastering Tool

A holster for removably securing a plaster's hawk for carrying on a belt or a bucket sidewall, comprising:

• a first portion of said holster having a first and second end;
• said first end terminating in substantially a U-shape thereby defining an opening configured for engagement upon the lip of a bucket or upon a belt of a user;
• a second portion engaging said second end of said first portion;
• said second portion extending toward said first end of said first portion;
• said second portion terminating at a distal end opposite its engagement to said first portion;
• a space between said first portion and said second portion, said space dimensioned to frictionally engage the board portion of a plasterer's hawk in contact with a surface of said first portion and said second portion;
• a gap formed at the distal end of said second portion and extending into a central section of said second portion situated between to side sections;
• each said side sections extending at opposing angles angling from a closest point to said first portion at said space between said first portion and said second portion, to a furthest point from said first portion at an intersection with said gap;
• said gap dimensioned for a slidable engagement of a handle extending from an engagement to said board portion while said board portion is within said space;
• said side sections extending at said opposing angles providing a means to form a cavity between said first portion and said central section of said second portion, said cavity dimensioned to accommodate a pad positioned at said engagement of said handle;
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• whereby said holster may be engaged to said bucket or said belt, and concurrently said board and of said hawk may be slidably engaged or disengaged within said space with said handle extending through said gap, and any pad on said handle positioned within said cavity.