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Thread: Do you switch hands?
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06-13-2007, 12:16 AM #11
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Thanked: 0I switch hands.
It's difficult the first time but gets easier with every shave, and it's well worth the effort to learn.
Ivan
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06-13-2007, 12:30 AM #12
Here's an interesting twist. I'm right handed. I shoot with a left eye dominant. Causes problems with my shooting, but seems to help switching hands shaving. Go figure. ... I shoot just as well left handed but doesn't feel natural. I shave left handed and it does. If I can survive my law enforcement career with only shaving requirements , I should be fine.
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06-13-2007, 12:33 AM #13
I switch hands, while i shaving. I can do the entire shave, face and neck, 3 passes with either hand but using both i tend to get a better shave.
I'm a southpaw and learned long ago ways to get things done in this right-handed dominated world.
I find that when i shve with my right hand the WTG pass seems just i lttle better than with the left, probably just because it takes more time. every thing is evened out when i'm done.Be just and fear not.
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06-13-2007, 03:05 AM #14
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Thanked: 0I am right handed and I also switch hands. I am still right hand dominate and share most of my face and neck right handed but I am working on using my left more. Only been using the straight for about a month and only on weekends. It take me a extra time with the straight but, I am getting faster and soon will be using it every morning.
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06-13-2007, 04:17 AM #15
I switch hands. I honestly tried to just use one hand when I started straight shaving and it kinda came natural to switch. Somebody here on the forum referred to hand switchers as shaving jedi's. Hence, the title under my handle. Heh.
Ernest
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06-13-2007, 04:50 AM #16
I use the both hands, but stay right-dominant when it comes to places like under my nose and my chin. -shrug- I stay careful with my left hand just because I don't trust it so much.
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06-13-2007, 05:44 AM #17
Before I lost vision in my left eye I was right handed, left eye dominant, so I might've been able to switch hands prior to the vision loss. Now that I'm half blind and stove up from my accident I'm not comfortable switching hands, so I stick with my right. My opinion is that you shave how you're comfortable shaving and works best for you.
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06-13-2007, 06:59 AM #18
Have used both hands since the beginning, and committed to staying that way.
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06-13-2007, 07:15 AM #19
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Thanked: 5i can switch hands or i can also flip the razor and use it with my same hand. i also have a habit of holding it with the scales pointing straight out to the side, kinda like a japanese razor. whatever gives me the biggest advantage. i'm still a little shaky with the left hand when i switch but everytime i do it the motor skills get a little better. i have a cheap razor that so dull it can't possibly cut anything. i use it to practice going through the motions using both hands, has helped alot
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06-13-2007, 08:26 AM #20
Both is the way for me. It was a bit awkward at first but once I'd done it a few times it felt natural. At the moment I don't have a preferred shaving hand. You just get used to it.