Skate blade guard

An ice skate guard having an elongated, protective member, a longitudinal slot in the protective member for receiving the skate blade of an ice skate to be guarded, a plurality of identically-shaped, longitudinally spaced-apart, recesses on the side of the protective member opposite the slot, the recesses being inwardly directed toward the slot, each recess having a narrow throat portion leading to an enlarged portion and a holding member, the holding member having first means detachably cooperating with any one recess to detachably hold the holding member and protective member together, and second means for use in holding the skate blade in the slot when the blade is inserted in the slot, and when the holding member and protective member are held together in a desired position dependent on the length of the skate blade, wherein the first means on the holding member having a portion sized to fit snugly within the enlarged portion of each recess, and one of the holding member and the elongated protective member being made of a material which is resilient such that the portion of the holding portion will pass through the narrow throat portion.