Abstract: A plastic trowel wherein strength is achieved through use of a blade with a smooth lower side and with handle-retaining members integral with an upper side. Strengthening ribs are disposed on the upper side of the blade. A ribbed handle includes end portions having broad flat areas for contacting the upper face of the blade. Openings in the end portions engage bosses defining the handle-retaining members. The bosses are upset to fasten the handle to the blade. Fastening may be supplemented by cementing or ultrasonic welding the abutting surfaces of the end portions and the blade.

Abstract: A Stud Finder includes a one-piece magnet assembly molded from a moldable plastic material containing a dopant capable of being permanently magnetized along a desired axis. The one-piece magnet assembly includes integral pivot bosses for pivotably supporting the magnet assembly in a location where it can be influenced by the nearby presence of magnetic metals such as steel nails. The plastic material is capable of accepting integral coloring.

Abstract: A knife has a snap-on tang interlocked with its blade and clamped between handle halves. Transverse and longitudinal locking between the blade and tang resists relative rotation or translation. Butterfly clips on the blade snap onto webs molded into one of the handle halves for resisting relative deformation therebetween. A further butterfly clip on the tang snaps onto a longitudinal web in a handle half for additional rigidity.