Thread: Dominant Hand

With the grain, I use my left hand for the left side of my face & neck, right hand for the right side. Against the grain is typically all with the right hand. My fine motor control skills against the grain aren't quite as good as I'd like, but I keep working at it. I usually reverse the above where possible. For my final "picking off the strays" pass, all right hand all the time. The final pass is mostly the chin.

A lot of you seem to use left hand for left side and right hand for the right side. For the most part, I'm the exact opposite. I have no idea how you could shave one side of your face with that side's arm.

I'm still working this out, but what I have found is that when I use my right hand to shave the left side of my face, which is what I have been doing, my right arm blocks my view of what I am doing in the mirror. That is a very discomforting situation when you have a straight razor in your hand, at least at my level of experience.

Yeah, my vision is blocked only when I'm making my initial downward stroke at the base of the sideburn. I have to adjust it so I can see, but it's mostly done by feel. After this, all is fine.

Originally Posted by ajg

when I use my right hand to shave the left side of my face, which is what I have been doing, my right arm blocks my view of what I am doing in the mirror. That is a very discomforting situation when you have a straight razor in your hand, at least at my level of experience.

I am so with you there. I did it once and like Blade Weilder says it was done by feel and no problems occured, but boy oh boy did it feel uncomfortable not seeing anything.

Blade Weilder; try taking the razor in your right hand and put the toe toward your ear and the tang toward your nose. That's edge down and it's how the sideburns and cheek are generally approached.

X

I use my right hand for everything.

Rich,
Something about your post and that smiley tells me this thread about what hand we use for what is going to take a different turn. <g>


Tony

Tony,

That might just happen :O