Nevis5 Oh I know that feeling well, I keep mine hidden, but when he saw me using the little Bernina Chisel he clapped his eyes on that and had to make a comment as to how useful that would be, and how come I had this. Again this is kept well hidden, I also keep all my scissors/shears well out of sight as they are only ever used by me and only on fabric nothing else. It is a shame that they do not understand the need to keep tools like this purely for the job they do and not be left laying around and used for all manner of other things.
I have a wooden meat tenderiser - well I do not eat meat, and it has never ever been used on meat, but oh this is so useful when using the buttonhole chisel to cut open the buttonholes, so this now lives in my sewing room it is just the right weight to give a short sharp tap on the chisel.