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.






Nail holder
It's a boot jack – we have one
shoe horn, a very very old one
repair fishing nets
Shoe stretcher
boot jack (remover)
Antique Boot Jack
Shoe Remover
I have seen them made out of a lot of different materials,…it is a Boot Jack
For removing boots
Old boot jack
A strand separator from a rope winding tool.
Gotta be a boot jack
boot jack
Flintstonemobile gas pedal.
boot jack
This is a boot jack.
Lacking scale, I say this is a door stop/door lock.
boot jack
That is a boot jack
Ok, I'll go along with everyone else, it's a Boot Jack.
looks like a clothes pin!!!
It's to hold, polish or repair a boot
It's a boot jack.
The device is a "Boot Jack", for removing one's boots.