Allow us to attach a weapon to our hip slot + have a toggle to "Switch to weapon" on combat starts.
Or/and
It would also be nice to have a UI under the character window for selecting weapons or tools~ 3 boxes with drop downs that could select the preferred item for the job that you currently have in your belt, bag or hip~ the 6 boxes would be weapon, cutting & choping, mining.
That way to can have your sword and when you butcher an animal it will always switch to your highest cutting tool, and when a fight starts you go back to your correct weapon.