Abstract: A tool holder for holding a handled tool on a belt or other article of clothing of a wearer. The tool holder includes a cradle secured to a base, a mounting element, and a projection projecting from an interior surface of the base toward the wearer or object to hold the tool away from the wearer or object. The base may also include containment flanges below the cradle and/or opposite the mounting element. The containment flanges cooperate to limit or eliminate swaying of a tool held in the tool holder.