Hand-held lace tightening apparatus

A lace tightening apparatus, comprising:

• an elongate handle having an interior, a top surface, an underside, a front, and a back;
• a gripping platform partially within said interior traveling most of a length of said handle along said underside, said gripping platform having a right half and a left half, each said right half and said left half separated by a channel, said gripping platform adapted to travel up into said interior of said handle upon a compression force being applied thereto;
• an anvil rigidly attached to said handle projecting downward from said underside disposed within said channel and having a bottom surface most distal to said handle, said anvil traveling a width of said handle from said front to said back;
• one or more springs within said interior, each said spring having a first end and a second end, said first end anchored to said handle within said interior and said second end movably connected to said gripping platform;
• a stylus integrally attached to said gripping platform having a post and an L-shaped portion including a lip, said L-shaped portion with said lip exposed outside of said anvil and projecting downward away from said anvil, said post substantially contained within said anvil, said post having a post top rigidly attached to said gripping platform within said channel;
• wherein when said compression force is applied to said gripping platform, said lip travels upward toward said bottom surface of said anvil such that when said lip engages said lace said lace can be pinched between said lip and said bottom surface of said anvil for manipulation thereof.