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.






this is a tool that my Grandfather used to take of his dirty smelly boots.
door stop!
boot-puller/remover
boot jack
Antique wooden boot jack
BOOT JACK
A wooden boot jack
A boot puller
boot jack
also, looks like a trainer bike ramp
boot remover
there all wrong, this is a tool for storing fishing line or some other type of twine.
Looks like a Boot Jack…Grandpa had one that looked similar to this one.
Antique flip flop hanger.
Bootjack
Antique Boot Jack
This tool was made in the days when cowboys ruled. The "boot jack" was and is still used today to remove your boots without much effort.
Posted by Michael @ aamcomichael@yahoo.com
Antique wooden boot jack…have one at the cottage.
It is a boot jack
Shoe cleaning ramp
boot jack
Foot
it looks like a door lock used on barns and/or fences on a ranch to keep live-stocks accounted for & safe from escaping the ranch during the cowboy days, long long time ago.
it helps one remove one's boots
Boot remover
theres a theme, so im going with it.. Boot removal!?