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.






A door stop of some sort?
you know boot jack
Its to help take off your boots
I don't know what it is called but it is to help take off your boots, you put the heel in the v slot and it holds your boot in place so you can pull it off
Boot jack didn't occur to me until I saw others post it. I thought maybe it was something a cobbler would put a shoe on to fix its sole.
BOOT JACK/CLEANER
this would be a boot jack.
boot jack to take off boots
Okay, this is a dual-purpose tool: a holder for a hot curling iron and a boot remover! LOL!
the device is a boot jack to take off boots
Boot jack.
It's a handmade wooden boot jack from around 1920
Boot Remover/jack
boot jack
boot remover
It is used to take off boots
hand scraper
Its a boot pull, step on the end, put your other foot/boot in the V and pull up
Simple boot jack.
boot jack
boot remover
easy way to remove a boot
Gramoxone Inteon
Scrape mud off of shoes and boots.
Boot Jack!