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.






For remove boots
doorstop?
boot jack
Boot Jack
I wish I could share a picture… my husband and I are new homeowners, and my husband decided he wanted to build some of our furniture. I was a little nervous because he has no experience with wood working… to my surprise and borrowing tools from family, he built us an 8 foot dinning room table with matching bench seats! So excited for him to gain tools through the years (we've been going to garage sales) and continue to build things for the home!
an antique boot jack
Boot jack
A great way to add splinters to your feet.
BOOT JACK
Door stop!!!!!!!!
It is a Boot Jack !!!
Well I do agree it looks like a shoe horn however on the other hand it seriously Looks like a pretty cool n different door stopper! !! Lol! !:)))
A Plane is my guess..
Looks like some kind of shoe horn.
Boot remover
yes, boys and girls, it's a boot jack.
It is a boot jack,i would like to win tools of any kind!
Boot Jack.
Boot remover
Yep, it's a boot jack.
for removing boots
Cowboy boot jack to take off boots
used for cleaning boots
It's a boot jack…Jack! Used after a long day rustling cattle or a rowdy night at the saloon to pull one's boots off. No offense meant to anyone named Jack…been watching too much of that duck show.
Boot jack