We fooled a lot of people last week. Hardly anyone correctly guessed that the Toolsday mystery gadget was a combination can opener and knife sharpener. Many people thought it was a tool used to lift the lid off a pot-belly stove, some thought it was a rug-making hook and others guessed that it was a pick for cleaning horse hoofs.
We randomly picked one winner from all the comments. The lucky winner is JohnB, who thought it was used to pry oyster and clam shells open. Congrats, JohnB. You have one week to reply to our email before we choose another winner.
Next Tuesday, we will be giving away a Black & Decker lithium hedge trimmer. This powerful tool can hack off branches up to 3/4-inch thick. It comes equipped with a 36V rechargeable lithium battery so it holds a charge five times longer than standard batteries. And it has a more powerful transmission than most trimmers its size.
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To enter the Black & Decker hedge trimmer giveaway, post a comment (click “comment” above) and tell us what this old-timey tool was used for? You don’t have to answer correctly to win; we will randomly pick one winner from this post. 
On Tuesday, June 12, we will select the winner then start up a new giveaway for another tool, which will be given away the Tuesday after that.
You have until June 12, 2012, 2:00pm (ET) to enter to win the hedge trimmer.
I think it is a surveyer’s tool also.
I agree, it could be an optometer
extended camera lens
surveyors tool
same old
What is going on with the Toolsday Giveaway site? The Black & Decker lithium hedge trimmer should have been up four days ago. This optoscope contest should have been up on 6/12. It's now 6/18. What's up, DIY? This is not the first time you have extended the contest.
scope
A piece of surveyor's equipment
This is a scope of some kind. Not sure what it is used for
I am going along with a optical measuring device.
rifle scope
i think its a optometer or a surveyors tool thanks i hope i have a chance . My husband does surveying in his job but i didn't ask him because i want to see if i can get it myself . If iam chosen i will give it to him for fathers day present THANKS
A rifle scope.
surveyors tool
Optical tool
I think it's a antique survey tool or siting tool for getting level lines in construction—would be used to site a level line across a room??? Once it is on a level surface in the center of a room, could swivel it around to site different spots??? Either that or for surveying land………..
bore sight
Like all Black-N-Decker Tools this is an exceptional tool!
it was used to trim bushes and stuff……(;
old fashion way of making eye glasses
used to set up a level string line
not sure
A scoop for an old fashion shot gun. Or it's used in an optomitrist office for eye exams.
It is for boat captains.
a pipe and gauge for water pressure?