If you use a Speed Square and are frustrated by the excessive amount of room it takes up in a tool pouch, this idea might be perfect for you. As shown in the drawing, I’ve taken to keeping my Speed Square in a leather holster made for a cordless drill. The leather takes on the shape of the square after just a couple of days. Stored in its own pouch, the square doesn’t wear a hole in the bottom of my tool bag or poke me in the stomach when I kneel down.
—Mark Wilson
Edited and illustrated by Charles Miller
From Fine Homebuilding #184
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I simply tuck my speed square in the small of my back under my belt. No holster,no extra weight and easy to reach with either hand.
Or you can get a Speed Square Clip for a couple of bucks… It will snap onto your belt or your nail bags or anything, for that matter!