In my college days, I worked for a stone mason who would always yell at me to put put gloves on and to take care of my hands. Now I try to wear gloves when I remember. I usually wear one glove when removing oil drain plugs, one glove when holding parts to spray paint. Definitely try to when...
+1 on the nextec tools. I recently replaced mine with a Ryobi multi tool and an M12 fuel hammer drill. I hope they last as long and work as well as the nextecs.