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 boot jach
It's a bench pin
Boot jack it seemed like
seemed like a shoe boot jack???
obviously a neolithic underpants clothes line holder for homo erectus
It's where you put your soldering iron back when it was heated by coal…
Boot Jack for removing your cowboy boots.
It's a bootjack
Boot Jack
shoe horn
shoe horn
It is a boot jack.
a thing a ma bob.
I have to agree with all the other posts..It is definitely a boot jack……My grandma had one!!
something dealing w/shoes
Boot Jack
Device used to remove a shoe or boot
This is an item that has been used for years to remove you cowboy boots or a boot jack. These have been used since the early 1800's
Tool hanger …for a pitchfork perhaps? Boot jack seems a little boring!
boot jack
Boot jack
Boot jack
Boot jack
To Work On Boots
nail remover ?