a palm protector having a front, a back, and an outermost edge of the palm protector;

a thumb cover, an index cover, a middle cover, a ring cover, and a pinky cover, where each cover is attached to and configured to fold at the outermost edge of the palm protector and each cover is configured to fit about a thumb, and the four digits of a human hand while allowing a portion of the thumb and the digits to be exposed to the local environment;

a handling tool having a base, a hood, and a tether attached between the base and the hood, where the base is attached to the front of the palm protector, where the hood includes a pocket configured to fit about one of the thumb and digits of the human hand, where the hood includes a hood finger pad side configured to align with a pad of a human finger and includes a hood fingernail side facing in an opposite direction from the hood finger pad side and configured to align with a fingernail of that same human finger;

a handling magnet attached to the finger pad side of the hood, where the handling magnet is configured to assist in stowing the hood and to at least one of retrieving, manipulating, and holding small metal articles; and

a first stowage magnet attached to the front of the palm protector and configured to assist in stowing the handling tool, where when the handling magnet is held to the first stowage magnet, both the hood finger pad side and the hood fingernail side are compressed between the handling magnet and the first stowage magnet.