Show Who Remembers Days o of Old-Fashioned Old Bootjack The long leather boots and the bootjacks of grandfathers grandfather's day are nearly forgotten Y Yet e it is within the recollection of man many when both were plentiful While a few bootjacks were cast from Iron and could be bought at hardware stores the most popular ones were homemade They were simple In design Just a notched board with a bunker to raise the Jack end from the floor and the other other other oth oth- er end to stand on Even with a n Jack It was not always always always al- al ways easy to remove a n tight-fitting tight boot that had bad been worn all day and had perhaps been wet In such an event father was likely to Impress ason a n ason nEon son Eon as a n human bootjack Sitting behind him bim he would thrust the boot between the boys boy's legs and with his bis other r foot fool T pressed against his back generally obtain sufficient leverage to remove the obstinate footwear In New v England fishing families where rubber boots are frequently worn one will still find b bootjacks In use |