Thread: "Wrong-handed" shaving -- terminally right-handed

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

A good experiment here. Left handed people are way more ambidextrous because we have to use our right hands more to adapt to a right handed world. So, do left handed people get that same result or do both sides of the face have equal results? For me I see no difference from side to side whether I use my right or left.

I am definately not ambidexterous, and I am a lefty, if I hold a razor in my right hand and look in the mirror I just get all confused, then nervous about angles and such, once I am more familiar with straight shaving I might give it a go though.

Originally Posted by edhewitt

I am definately not ambidexterous, and I am a lefty, if I hold a razor in my right hand and look in the mirror I just get all confused, then nervous about angles and such, once I am more familiar with straight shaving I might give it a go though.

I don't know what's right or wrong. I like to hear some very experienced old guys weigh in on this.

A qualified (and respected) old-school SR industry member coached me to make the effort to use both hands. His reasoning was, if you only use one hand you unnecessarily pass the razor by the front of your face many times per shave. Sooner or later you'll probably regret doing it, he says. He had a couple of old scars to back up his position.

(I too found right-handed shaving difficult at first; butterknife practice and some visualizing turned it around.)

Come to think of it... I hone with only the left hand also..

I found it helped to hold something in my dominate hand while shaving with the other hand, keeps it busy I guess. After a little while it won't matter which hand you use.