Last Toolsday, we posted a photo of a metal gadget with a wooden handle and asked you to tell us what it is used for. Popular answers included bottle opener, a speciality wrench and a tool used to remove nails from a horse’s shoe. The real answer is a dental key. It’s a tool that was used in the early 1800s to extract teeth – ouch!
We randomly picked one winner out of all last week’s comments and that lucky person is Doug, who thought it was a pair of tongs for carrying cylindrical objects. Congrats Doug, even though you answered incorrectly, you still win. You have exactly one week to reply to our email before we pick another winner.
Next Tuesday we will be giving away a Craftsman Angle Grinder. The cordless 4-1/2″ grinder is designed for comfort and ease of use. It comes with an auxiliary handle that can be adjusted to three different positions. The powerful 19.2-volt motor allows for 6500 RPM no-load speed so you can get the job done fast.
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To win the Craftsman Angle Grinder, post a comment (click “comment” above) and tell us what this little device is called. You don’t have to answer correctly to win; we will randomly pick one winner. 
On Tuesday, January 22, 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 January 22, 2013, 2:00pm (ET) to enter to win the Craftsman Angle Grinder.
Official Rules.






Boot Jack
Looks like what my grandfather takes his boots off.with. It alsolooks just like that wood piece that is at the front tip of a ocean boat. I have pulled myself up on the front where you pull the anchor up and the wood that i stood on looked just like that!..I was told not to stand on it after. Lol
it is a holder for a rifle so you can shoot out the shuttered log cabin window
To remove a boot, and polish a boot.
A boot jack, for removing cowboy or other boots. My grandfather used to make these for friends.
It's for taking off boots.
Boot jack to help pull boots off. I still use them
A boot jack.
It is a boot jack.
wooden boot jack
Boot jack used by polishers
Old Fashion Boot Jack or tool to remove your boots off your feet….
appears to be an old boot jack
It is a boot jack, used to remove boots.
It is a Boot Remover!
A boot remover. My Grandfather had one.
IT'S A BOOT JACK, USED TO HELP REMOVE BOOTS.
For removing your boots ….so much better at this than trying to use an angle grinder to do it!!!
Definitely a boot jack
Boot jack
Boot jack
Boot Jack
Boot Jack
its a boot jack used to remove boots for polishing
Boot jack