Show kho icho remembers days of old fashioned bootjack f the long leather boots and the bootjacks boot jacks of grandfathers day are nearly forgotten yet it Is within the recollection ct of many when both were plentiful while a few bootjacks boot jacks were cast from iron and could be bought nt 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 end to stand on even with a jack it was not always easy to remove a fitting filton boot that had bad boon been worn nil all lay day and had bad perhaps perlin pa been wet vet in such flu m event father was likely to impress a son bon na as a human bootjack sitting behind him lie would thrust the boot between the boys legs and with his other foot pressed against his back generally obtain sufficient leverage to remove the obstinate nate footwear in new england fishing families where rubber boots are frequently worn one will still tin find bootjacks boot jacks in use |