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05-07-2009, 07:00 PM #1Junior Member
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Are there any other Southpaw shavers here?
I'd love to hear about your experiences as a southpaw using a straight razor. I just bought a dovo shaverette, which uses replaceable blades, to start off with and I'm having a bit of trouble, as expected for a newbie. I'm just wondering if there are any other lefties that found it to be a little challenging to make the switch?
Mark
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05-07-2009, 07:06 PM #2Senior Member
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Hi,
There are loads of guys who advocate shaving using both hands, not just your dominant. Infact, I would go as far to say that more use two hands than one.
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05-07-2009, 07:09 PM #3Senior Member
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Welcome Lefty; I found it difficult at first then I came across some left handed razors.
Originally Posted by gregs656
Consider where you will spend ETERNITY !!!!!!
Growing Old is a necessity; Growing Up is Not !
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05-07-2009, 07:11 PM #4Senior Member
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There are actually left hand razors, sorta. Originally Posted by paco
Welcome Lefty; I found it difficult at first then I came across some left handed razors.
They stamped them backwards. Normally stamped so that when shaving with the right hand the logo stares at you, conversely when in the left hand the logo is away from you.
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05-07-2009, 07:26 PM #5Junior Member
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Paco,
Which lefty straight razors are you speaking of?
Mark
Originally Posted by paco
Welcome Lefty; I found it difficult at first then I came across some left handed razors.
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05-07-2009, 07:32 PM #6Senior Member
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Slap me in the back of the head and call me stupid Originally Posted by rawmark
See singlewedge post
Consider where you will spend ETERNITY !!!!!!
Growing Old is a necessity; Growing Up is Not !
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05-07-2009, 07:54 PM #7Senior Member
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See here in the Wiki.
It was Glen who put forth the idea, not me.
The first panel with the DD.
My thought was reversed, that's what I get for not keeping straights at work.
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05-07-2009, 07:09 PM #8Senior Member
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I use both. My right hand is my dominate but my left is what I write with.
It takes a while to get the left hand to work but it does and it is just a practice thing.
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05-08-2009, 03:03 PM #9Senior Member
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I am a leftie but use my right hand for writing and lost of stuff. For shaving and stropping it's only left hand, more dexterity and more assurance.
I have developed a technique and it works fine for me, I have a "goatee" so not to much problem to encounter.
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05-08-2009, 03:46 PM #10Cream Huffer
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I am right handed, but use both for shaving. I figured that since I was basically learning a new skill, I would teach both hands.
The left hand has cut me more often, but it has smartened up nicely in the past couple of months.
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