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.
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I also think it's an antique Boot Jack
boot jack
BOOT PULL
A wooden boot jack
boot jack
Definitely a boot jack! You can buy one on ebay.
It's Grandpa's boot puller
boot jack
deffinatly a boot removal device
It's a boot jack
a shim
for removing boots!
For removing boots
This is an old shoe horn that farmers and cowpokes would use to easily pull off their boots. I am a modern day cowgirl and still use these all the time to remove my boots.
Looks to me like an old timey boot jack, used to expedite removing Western boots.
used to remove footwear
This is an old fashioned sling shot.
To remove boots.
'ok, this one is easier, it is an old device used to remove your shoes/boots before coming in the house, my grandparents used to have one and wish I still had it.'
Looks like a boot puller or a door stop.
Looks like a boot puller or a door stop.
Looks like a door stop or boot puller.
Shoe or boot remover.
boot jack
Boot remover or boot holder for shining.