Tool kit with projecting tool handle

A tool kit, comprising:

• a housing having a bottom container portion and a removable top cover portion;
• a plurality of tools being disposed in the housing, at least one of the tools being a hand tool having a blade portion and a handle portion;
• means for receiving the hand tool in the top cover portion;
• the top cover portion having a flat flange surrounding the receiving means, the bottom container having a flat flange corresponding to the flat flange of the top portion, the flange of the bottom container defining an inner edge at its junction with an upright wall of the bottom container;
• the housing having an opening through which the handle portion of the hand tool projects, a majority of the handle portion being disposed outside of the housing, wherein the tool kit is capable of being carried by grasping the handle portion of the hand tool;
• the hand tool being a taping knife;
• one of the tools being a sander, the sander being disposed in the bottom container portion;
• an opening being disposed at an end of the handle portion of the hand tool;
• and
• the top cover portion and the bottom container portion being transparent so that the tools are seen from outside of the housing.