Or at least tie up your muffler with baling wire. A good pocketknife. A good butcher knife. Granted, dad doesn't put in quite as much kitchen time as mom. But maybe it's because he feels tool-impaired there.
Most kitchens have a butcher knife, but very few have a good one.
A cheap knife is a dull knife, and the guys in D.O.N. won't abide a dull knife. If you decide to buy a good butcher knife, plan to go to a good kitchen-supply store and roll out some serious dough. A tool belt. It's hard enough for us to keep up our Wranglers, even before we start stuffing tools in our pockets on a Saturday morning. A tool belt won't lighten the load, but it'll spread it around some.