PURPOSE: To provide easily and at a low cost a portable lighting tool appearing in different length, which is fitted with a translucent cover at the tip of a grip where a built-in dry cells are accommodated, wherein the translucent cover is to radiate the light from a light source approx. uniformly over the whole length.

CONSTITUTION: A light source support 1 having coupling parts 6, 7 at the two ends, equipped with light sources 8, 9, and consisting of at least one of the rod-shaped members 2 and a translucent cover 31 of approx. the same length as the support 1 are held with their base ends by the grip 21 at its foremost part in such a way as protruding. The length may appear differently dependent upon how many rod-shaped members 2 are coupled together.