Left, Right, Both or One Over the Other
Some of us are naturally ambidextrous while others have to learn to use the non-dominant hand when shaving with a straight. My question is how many people use both hands while shaving with a straight but find it impossible to use both hands when shaving with a DE. I find that despite my natural ability to use either hand for almost every task except writing and shaving with a DE. I have tried innumerable times to use the non-dominant hand and find I get the equivalent of being tongue-tied to do a decent stroke with the DE.
That leads me to part two in the use of straights and DEs. We all have different skin types and I find that as I have aged I've developed some rather sensitive skin areas on my face and neck. One in particular, around my Adam's apple, has gotten so sensitive (read thin-skinned) that using a straight, even with the lightest of touches, gives me weepers. I resorted to using a DE just in that area. But that soon left me super sensitive there. I resorted to the gasp, disposable, plastic throwaway and have been able to shave that area sucessfully to where, after a short period of time that area gets toughened up enough I can switch back to a straight for a while.