Thread: Straight shaving with dominant hand only

Originally Posted by AcesandEights

My Father, who barbered back in the late '60's and '70's taught me how to shave with a SR. And he INSISTED I used both hands. He even insisted I used both when using a DE. As a result, even after many years of not using a SR, when I returned to it, I didn't even think about using only my dominant. It just felt 'normal' to use both.

My Father, however, when shaving customers used only his dominant. But, both when shaving himself.

Makes all sense to me.

I never spend much time thinking about it, but - unlike when I use a safety razor - for a straight razor shave, the required movements naturally lend themselves my use of both hands.

By comparison, moving around a person in a barber chair gives the barber a wide range of movements and there is no need to use anything but the dominant hand.

So - unless I have an out of body experience - I use both hands for a straight shave and my dominant hand for the few times I use a safety razor.


For lathering, after an accident years back that somehow slowed the wrist movement on my left hand, I use my dominant, right hand sinceI found no benefit using both.



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