Abstract: There is disclosed a folding hand tool comprising a channel member having a head member rotatably attached to one end and a handle device rotatably attached to the other end with a block member attached to the channel member oppositely disposed the head member, the head member being locked in an operating position to the block member by a bolt member passing through the block member and having a hook on one end thereof which engages a receptacle in the head member and is secured therein by tightening a nut member threadably engaged on the other end of the bolt member to hold the head member in a fixed position with respect to the channel member. Alternatively, the head member is locked to the block member by a sliding pin located in a receptacle in the head member and biased to engage a hole in the block member when the head member is rotated into its operating position.