Hand saw/scabbard assembly and scabbard therefor

A scabbard for a hand saw having a saw blade with handle at one end thereof, said scabbard comprising an elongated molded housing of generally rectangular cross section with spaced face walls and relatively short side walls extending therebetween and an end wall at one end thereof, the other end being open and providing an entrance into the cavity therewithin, said housing being dimensioned to seat the saw blade therewithin, the inner surface of both of said face walls having integrally formed bosses thereon adapted to bear upon the surface of a saw blade seated in said cavity to provide frictional retention thereof, said bosses on one face wall being transversely offset from those on the other face wall.

A scabbard for a hand saw having a saw blade with handle at one end thereof, said scabbard comprising an elongated molded housing of generally rectangular cross section with spaced face walls and relatively short side walls extending therebetween and an end wall at one end thereof, the other end being open and providing an entrance into the cavity therewithin, said housing being dimensioned to seat the saw blade therewithin, the inner surface of at least one of said face walls having integrally formed bosses thereon adapted to bear upon the surface of a saw blade seated in said cavity to provide frictional retention thereof, said housing having cutting guide means on its outer surface adjacent said other end thereof to facilitate cutting said housing across its width to reduce its length to accommodate a hand saw with a saw blade of shorter length.

A scabbard for a hand saw having a saw blade with handle at one end thereof, said scabbard comprising an elongated molded housing of generally rectangular cross section with spaced face walls and relatively short side walls extending therebetween and an end wall at one end thereof, the other end being open and providing an entrance into the cavity therewithin, said housing being dimensioned to seat the saw blade therewithin, the inner surface of at least one of said face walls having integrally formed bosses thereon adapted to bear upon the surface of a saw blade seated in said cavity to provide frictional retention thereof, one of said face walls of said housing having an elongated receptacle on its outer surface to provide a pocket for seating a pencil, said side walls of said receptacle being deflectable to frictionally engage a pencil seated therein.