Saw and handle therefor

Claim 1

A HAND SAW AND HANDLE COMPRISING A SAW BLADE, A HANDLE HAVING A SLOT PARALLEL TO THE OUTER SIDE SURFACES THEREOF AND EXTENDING IN FROM ONE END TO RECEIVE ONE END OF SAID BLADE, AND MEANS CONNECTING SAID BLADE TO SAID HANDLE WITHIN SAID SLOT, SAID HANDLE BEING SUBSTANTIALLY OF UNIFORM THICKNESS AND FORMED FROM WOOD HAVING THE GRAIN EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THEREOF GENERALLY IN THE DIRECTION OF THE SAW BLADE, SAID HANDLE ALSO HAVING AN ELONGATED OPENING EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY TRANSVERSELY TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE HANDLE AND GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE REAR END THEREOF TO FORM A HAND GRIP INTEGRAL AT THE OPPOSITE ENDS WITH THE UPPER AND LOWER PORTIONS OF THE HANDLE IN WHICH THE GRAIN EXTENDS LONGITUDINALLY, AND AUXILIARY ELONGATED GRIP MEMBERS OF RESILIENT MATERIAL FIXED TO OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID HAND GRIP AND EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THEREOF TO REINFORCE SAID GRIP AND RENDER IT THICKER THAN THE HANDLE, WHEREBY SAID HANDLE MAY BE MADE FROM WOOD THINNER THAN THAT WHICH IS REQUIRED TO FORM A HAND GRIP OF NORMAL THICKNESS EQUAL TO THAT OF THE ENTIRE SAW HANDLE.