Answer:
Metal or bone I may be, many teeth I have and always bared. Yet my bite harms no one. And ladies delight in my touch.
Hands she has but does not hold. Teeth she has but does not bite. Feet she has but they are cold. Eyes she has but without sight.
When I get closer my tail grows longer, but when I go away my tail leads the way.
Something wholly unreal, yet seems real to I. Think my friend, tell me where does it lie?
The person who makes it has no need for it. The person who purchases it does not use it. The person who does use it does not know he or she is. What is it?
What covers its face with its hands, speaks no language, yet most known what it's saying?