Abstract: A grip-shell arrangement on a utensil, for instance a pocket knife, a flashlight or the like, the housing wall of which is covered by at least one shell, each shell having a plurality of openings through which there extend plastic knobs of a plastic core which is arranged in the hollow space of the shells and constitutes the connecting member between the shell and housing wall. The plastic core has two regions (3, 4) of different hardness, the knobs (5) being associated with the soft region and the attachment to the housing (1) being associated with the hard region (4).