Show who remembers days of old fashioned bootjack the long leather boots and the bootjacks boot jacks of grandfathers day are nearly forgotten yet it Is within the recollection of many man when ft hen both were plentiful while a few bootjack boot jacks bs were vere cast from iron and could be bought at hardware haidt tare stored the most popular ones were mere homemade they were verc simple in design just a notched board with a bunker to raise the jack ault end from the floor and the other erid end to stand on oil then wen with a jack it was not always 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 n son R ai 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 genei ally obtain sufficient leverage to remove the obstinate footwear in new england fishing families where rubber boots are frequently worn one will still find bootjacks boot jacks 1 in use |