Thread: Dominant Hand

Don't get it,

I can play pool left handed (am righthanded), and that took practice.
If I need that practice time on my face my posts on this forum would soon be called to an abrupt halt. :-)

So how do you practice this 2 handedness withouth becoming a corpse in the near future?

Hoekie

I would think it's not thar important. It has to be what feels best for you. It kind of reminds me of the old time teachers who used to foce kids to be righthanded.

Like with playing pool, is something I would like to master to somewhat of a degree, just for the "being able to". :-)

Originally Posted by HoekmanX

Like with playing pool, is something I would like to master to somewhat of a degree, just for the "being able to". :-)

I just had a flashback to when I was eleven ..... never mind, LOL

I am using a homogenous blend of Lynn and Brian Denofrio techniques. First pass with grain I use right hand for right side, left hand for left side and right hand down the middle. Second pass is cross grain. I use right hand for the whole face.

How do you do that without switching hands?

Originally Posted by Dr_Phong

Second pass is cross grain. I use right hand for the whole face.

For the cross grain I do the same thing and use only my right hand. It's pretty easy for me, actually. For the neck it's difficult to go "across" since the blade doesn't really allow for that, so I use both hands for different spots, going up/down/diagonal. Whatever it takes, really. Surprisingly, it's my throat (the most vulnerable area) where I'm the least picky about what hand I'm using. I'm right-handed, but the left can tackle the job just as well, if not better.

I did my first morning straight razor shave today. Pretty good, pretty good.

Assuming the cross pass is from ear to nose, I would have no problem, as a righty, with the left side, but how do you do the right? Do you go in reverse (nose to ear), in which case it's not the same pass?

Originally Posted by Blade Wielder

For the cross grain I do the same thing and use only my right hand. It's pretty easy for me, actually. For the neck it's difficult to go "across" since the blade doesn't really allow for that, so I use both hands for different spots, going up/down/diagonal. Whatever it takes, really. Surprisingly, it's my throat (the most vulnerable area) where I'm the least picky about what hand I'm using. I'm right-handed, but the left can tackle the job just as well, if not better.

I did my first morning straight razor shave today. Pretty good, pretty good.

If going from the nose to the ear is considered "reverse," I do that for both sides of my face - both with the right hand.

I always start with the left side, and my "cross-grain" is more of a upwards angle, heading briefly over the cheeck and then kind of up the jaw line. At the top of the sideburn I carefully go completely horizontal, getting as many of the hairs as I can, before I flip the blade over and go completely upward (again with the right hand). So for most of that I guess I'm using more of a "push."

For the right side it's the opposite, since instead of pushing forward I stretch the skin (basically by using my facial muscles to pull my lips to the left) and then work "backwards" with the blade just as I do with the other cheek.

As long as the whiskers flow down the basin drain, whatever works is kewl!

Originally Posted by Blade Wielder

If going from the nose to the ear is considered "reverse," I do that for both sides of my face - both with the right hand.

I always start with the left side, and my "cross-grain" is more of a upwards angle, heading briefly over the cheeck and then kind of up the jaw line. At the top of the sideburn I carefully go completely horizontal, getting as many of the hairs as I can, before I flip the blade over and go completely upward (again with the right hand). So for most of that I guess I'm using more of a "push."

For the right side it's the opposite, since instead of pushing forward I stretch the skin (basically by using my facial muscles to pull my lips to the left) and then work "backwards" with the blade just as I do with the other cheek.