I honestly forget if it was ever uncomfortable to use both hands...
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I honestly forget if it was ever uncomfortable to use both hands...
first two handed shave
it was actually not bad, a nick on my first pass but otherwise a hell of a lot easier than i imagined..long may it continue!
thanks guys
Dominant hand only. Right and left sides equally well shaved. I do use some "creative" holds on the razor though. Works for me.
I am somewhat ambidextrous. Having been in construction all my life I learned to hammer nails with both hands, saw, shovel, weld. Sometimes you just can't get in a position to do things with one hand or you feel more safe holding on for dear life with your dominate hand as you screw something together while hanging over a bridge or something. Using both hands to shave was a piece of cake. You can train yourself to do a lot of things that just feel weird. Mind over motor skills.
I'm practicing with my non dominate hand with my cartridge razor until I get my first SR (hurry up Christmas!!) and have become much more comfortable with it.
yeah, sorta. I recommend starting to learn ambidextrousness with a less-lethal weapon. (now that i'm over-the-hump and didn't think about it back then). TRY to learn it anyway. Sure I can do some things cross-pawed, but not many delicate things.
I never got it. I tried, but i was way too impatient/left-brained/non-cross-pawed to stick to it.
One hand shaves my face.
And the same hand strops and hones my blades. I'm funny like that.
In use my dominant hand for everything WTG and use both for ATG, one hand for each side
I like using both hands, but to each their own, do what feels most comfortable to you.
I use both. Its been getting easier every time, but the first few times i had a lot of raor burn and irritation because i couldnt keep the pressure even.
And I thought I was crazy to shave left-left / right-right. Sometimes I brace my left wrist with my right index finger to compensate for less than optimal left hand fine motor skills/lousy weak eye depth perception/can't see around my hand issue. Also, the brace reduces my wife's opportunity to comment on sculpting my left earlobe with a razor.
The only time I've seen another guy shave (don't read into it, it was completely instructional :) ) I was amazed to see he used both hands, and he thought it was interesting that I only used my dominant hand. To each their own!
I vote to use both. I sucked it up feeling awkward but after just over a year of using a straight, I would say it's worthwhile.
I am maybe three months into my straight razor shaving and I use both hands. I actually find this remarkable since about the only thing I have been capable of doing with my right hand previously is to put a key in a lock and turn it. I quickly found out for me that if I was to get really good at using the straight I would need to train my right hand to shave. I can do just about as well now but slower with my right hand. Using a DE is all with my left hand.
It is better to be able to use two hands. I have a shave with both.
I've only been straight razor shaving for a couple of weeks. I have found that being able to use both hands gives me different angles with the razor on the different angles of my face and hair growth directions. Plus, it's all part of the challenge; it's part of the process.
I will say this though. Even after practicing with a cartridge razor for a few weeks I still nick the left side of my face. Got it good this am. Just started getting confident and the blade reminded me it's there. Lol gotta be careful especially when using your off hand until you really are comfortae with it!
Learn to use both, so if one hand gets hurt, you're still in the game. I can shave my whole beard with either hand, it's not that I use my right for some portions and left for others...that's my definition of knowing how to use both.