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Show Who Remembers Days of Old-Fashioned Bootjack? The long leather boots and the hootjacks of grandfather's day are nearly forgotten. Yet it is within the recollection of 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 oth-er end to stand on. Even with a jack It was not always al-ways easy to remove a tight-fitting boot that had been worn all day and had perhaps been wet. In such an event father was likely to Impress a son ns a human frootjaek. Sitting behind him, he would thrust the boot between the boy's legs and with his other foot pressed against his back generally obtain sufficient leverage to remove the obstinate footwear. In New England fishing families, where rubber boots are frequently worn, one will still find bootjacks In use. |