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A thermoplastic molded sheath for a knife grips the knife tightly to prevent accidental loss or withdrawal. The security of such grip is sufficient to enable the knife to be carried in the sheath in an inverted position upon the body of the wearer. The sheath is made by thermoforming a rigid yet res

A thermoplastic molded sheath for a knife grips the knife tightly to prevent accidental loss or withdrawal. The security of such grip is sufficient to enable the knife to be carried in the sheath in an inverted position upon the body of the wearer. The sheath is made by thermoforming a rigid yet resilient thermoplastic about a knife blade having the exact dimensions of the blade which is to be carried within the sheath. The thermoformed sheath may be attached at its bottom to a pocket-sized semirigid pocket-retaining clip, which clip, when inserted into a pocket, supports the sheath in an inverted position with the blade of the knife extending upwardly and the hilt of the knife in a convenient position for drawing from the sheath. The combination of the orientation of the sheath and the pocket retaining clip places a minimum stress upon a pocket and is comfortable to wear. An additional spring clip arrangement, preferably attained by thermomolding the sheath about an inverted dimension bolster at the bottom of the handle of the knife provides additional security to the knife in its inverted carrying position.

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A knife sheath adapted for securely gripping a knife having a hilt and a knife blade to prevent non-voluntary separation of said knife from within said sheath, said sheath comprising: (a) two opposite sheath walls formed of a substantially rigid yet resilient plastic resin material, said sheath wall

A knife sheath adapted for securely gripping a knife having a hilt and a knife blade to prevent non-voluntary separation of said knife from within said sheath, said sheath comprising: (a) two opposite sheath walls formed of a substantially rigid yet resilient plastic resin material, said sheath walls being arranged and constructed such that said walls are adapted to encompass said knife blade therebetween, (b) said opposite sheath walls being secured together along substantially intersecting edges, (c) said opposite sheath walls being heat molded to conform to at least a substantial portion of said knife blade and a portion of the hilt such that the sheath is adapted to grip said knife blade and a portion of said hilt inserted thereinto sufficiently tightly to retain said knife and prevent gravitationally-induced separation if oriented in an inverted position, and (d) a resilient gripping arrangement on said sheath and being adapted for secondary resilient contact with said hilt of said knife when inserted into the sheath, and (e) means for supporting said sheath on a user, said means for supporting being secured to the sheath adjacent to a lower end of the sheath and comprising a semirigid clip in the form of a generally rectangular semirigid sheet adapted for insertion into and bulk stabilization of the clip in a pocket of clothing on a user such that said sheath and said knife contained therein are oriented in an inverted position and dependent from said clip, the semirigid sheet of the clip extending substantially parallel to one of said opposite sheath walls whereby when the clip is inserted into a pocket, a rear portion of the sheath and a side of the hilt of said knife retained in the sheath are adapted to lie against a front portion of a pocket in which the clip is contained.