Thread: Straight shaving with dominant hand only

Hello folks,

Im new to straight shaving only 12 shaves in with a shavett, getting pretty decent results. Im curious is shaving with two hands with a straight always been a rule of thumb? I do better shaving with my dominant hand only. I went to the barber to get a hair cut today thats barbered 50 years and i asked him his opinion, and he said dominant hand only. Then i told him well when you shave clients you use one hand and you can walk around the client and position your self differently. When shaving myself would it be easier to shave with both hands, but my dominant hand is more comfortable. He told me of a barber the he worked with, infact side by side for more than 30 years has been passed many years now, but he told me that guy would come to work every morning at 6:30 am strop his razor and shave with one hand.