Thread: Shaving with your left (non dominant hand no lefties excluded)

I had done a lot of reading on SRP before attempting a straight shave, and one of the things I read strongly advised beginning learning to use the non-dominant hand right away, so that's what I did. I got used to it really quickly, and two weeks later it felt completely natural. Funny story: about 2 years after I switched to shaving with straights, I had to shave at the airport in Atlanta en route from NC to Texarkana, TX for a family wedding, and had to buy one of those little cheese-grater and canned shaving cream kits they sell at the airport, went into the men's room, lathered up--and had a hell of a time trying to remember how to shave with a twin-bladed razor, which is all I had ever used until I switched to straights. It felt completely foreign, and I hope to hell I never have to do it again!

In the long run (and in the short run, too), I think you'll be better off taking the plunge and learning to shave with your non-dominant hand.