I have one of these. There's nothing directional about it. Both sides of the blade have the same taper/scoop. Look at the diagram below the picture of the straight and imagine you're looking down the blade from the tip. Your Gold Dollar will be half hollow ground. The scoop doesn't matter because you will be keeping the spine of the blade 1/8 to 1/4" away from your face when you shave. (That's 1-2 spine widths away). Generally you won't lay the blade flat against your face.