Foldable bucksaw

A foldable bucksaw comprising an elongated tube having a cavity extending therein from one end thereof along the axis of elongation of the tube, said tube having a first pair of slots disposed therein at one end thereof, slots of said first pair being disposed on opposite sides of the tube and disposed on an axis traversing the axis of the tube, said first pair of slots being closed and having spaced flat ends, said tube having a second pair of slots disposed therein at the other end of the tube, the slots of said second pair of slots being on opposite side of the tube and disposed on an axis parallel to the axis extending between the slots of the first pair of slots, an elongated blade having parallel spaced sides extending between the ends thereof and straight edges parallel to the axis of elongation of the blade, said parallel edges being spaced from each other by a distance less than the cross sectional dimension of the cavity of the tube, said blade having a plurality of cutting teeth on one of the edges thereof, a first elongated bar pivotally mounted adjacent to one end thereof on one end of the blade, a second elongated bar pivotally mounted adjacent to one end thereof on the other end of the blade, each of said first and second bars having parallel spaced flat sides and spaced edges parallel to the axis of elongation thereof, the edges being spaced by a distance less than the cross sectional dimension of the cavity of the tube, the first bar being slidably disposed and extending through the first pair of slots with the edges thereof in slidable abutment with a flat end of each of the slots of the first pair of slots, and the second bar being slidably disposed and extending through the second pair of slots, the pivotal axes between the blade and first and second bars being normal to the flat sides of the blade and the respective bar, and removable tensioning means mounted on the other end of the first and second bar and urging said other ends of the first and second bars toward each other, whereby the tensioning means may be removed, the bars removed from the slots and pivoted to positions parallel to and adjacent to the blade, and the blade and bars inserted into the cavity of the tube from the one end thereof.