Thread: Anyone else shave with just one hand?

For those who have problems shaving with the non dominant hand ...... a guy who used to post here, Danny Wonderful, posted a way of training the non dominant, in my case the left, hand. Take a dull razor, or if you happen to have a shavette, use that with no blade. If you don't have a dull razor (congratulations) tape the edge. When at the computer or watching TV take the fore mentioned razor and go through the motions of shaving with the non dominant hand.

I had briefly tried shaving with the left hand and could not easily coordinate my movements with what I was seeing in the mirror. Since I was fine with shaving all of my face/neck with my dominant right hand I decided it wasn't worth the hassle. A few years went by and I read Danny's post. I began practicing, no mirror, just using the shavette with no blade and getting the muscle memory within my left hand.

When I felt I had it down I went to the mirror and shaved my left side with the left hand the right side with the right. Worked a treat. I gave that a brief trial and went back to shaving with my dominant hand since I am so comfortable with that routine. If anyone wants to experiment with using the razor ambidextrously the above is a good way to accomplish the goal IME.

dont worry if you cant do it straight away, feel sorry for the people who are

Ambisinistrous

they can never shave this way

Yep, that be me. Shave with RH only, stretch with left. Just never got comfy trying to use the LH.

Originally Posted by Krusty01

I always shave with my right and stretch with my left. Just have to adjust my grip on the razor for second half of face. I have tried to shave with left hand but am not confident enough when I get to the neck area.

Russell

you need a cavalier attitude to first try a straight on neck with non dominant hand

Add another "shave right stretch left". LH just doesn't get it.tried. lots.ow.

Well done. Does it really take longer?

I used to, but over the last few weeks I've been trying to teach myself to use both. It's not easy at first, but the angles you can get by using both hands are much better, so I think it'll be worth the trouble. I really have to think about my grip with my non-dominant though, it's a little sketchy at first!

I have been going back and forth. Currently I am only using my dominant hand, but I think I am going to try my left hand on the right side of my neck due to the beard pattern on that side.

Okay, so I've been doing my whole face with my right hand, but this past time I forced myself to use my left on the left side... Surprisingly enough, I didn't find it too difficult. The secret was to just not stress about it. I thought of the razor as a feather, and held it like so... Everything went quite "smooth."