Abstract: A holder for supporting an object, as a hand tool, having an elongated cylindrical handle. The holder has a plate adapted to be attached to a support. A tubular member attached to the plate has a passage and open ends accommodate a portion of the handle. A section of the tubular member is cut out providing a side opening surrounded by inwardly converging edges. The edges are joined with rounded bottoms located in opposite portions of the tubular member. A coil tension spring extended across the side opening has opposite hook ends connected to the plate. The mid-section of the spring engages the handle and biases the handle into friction holding engagement with the tubular member.