Fastener setting hand tool

A fastener applier comprising an elongate handle having a fixed jaw disposed rigidly at one end thereof, a movable jaw opposing the fixed jaw, the movable jaw being operatively mounted on a track on the handle and movable toward and away from the fixed jaw, the jaws each having holding means on its working face for holding, respectively, the parts of a fastener, lever means having at one end a head pivotally secured to the movable jaw and comprising an operating lever for the applier, a link pivotally attached to the lever intermediate its ends, the distal end of the link being pivotally associated with the handle at the end of the handle opposite the fixed jaw, spring means operatively connected between the movable jaw and a point on the handle spaced toward the said opposite end from the movable jaw, whereby movement of the lever means toward the handle moves the jaws together against the bias of the spring to set the fastener parts disposed in the respective jaws.