#31

Member
Chicago, IL
Lefty all day long ...
#32

That Bald Guy with the Big Beard
Bishop, CA
(04-05-2016, 07:18 PM)Blackland Razors Wrote:
(04-05-2016, 07:04 PM)LegalEagle1 Wrote: Yes, both hands. Righty dominant, but I play guitar, so due to that experience, it seems that my left hand is a tad bit more controllable and somewhat more useful than it otherwise would be.

My friend and I were debating how handedness affects guitar playing. He's right-handed and as he's just starting out chord shapes are killing him much less than they bothered me as a lefty. I think being a lefty is actually really helpful for playing right-handed guitar.

Interesting...I'm a righty, but I play guitar and never had an issue with the dexterity in my left hand to form chords. Obviously it took some development and muscle-memory practice, but it was never an issue. My fingers on my left hand are WAY more dexterous than my right (because I don't fingerpick), and I had a hard time with cramping, but getting my fingers into position was not much of an issue...aside from just getting used to it...

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#33

Super Moderator
San Diego, Cal., USA
I am right handed and shave with DEs and SEs using my dominant hand exclusively.  A few years ago, when I attempted to use straights, I tried using both my right and left hand, depending on the side of the face I was shaving.  I think I could have mastered that but did not enjoy straight shaving enough to continue so never completely learned.

This has been an interesting thread and the number of you who have a dominant hand, either left or right, yet do certain things with the other is surprising to me.
#34

Member
Austin, TX
(04-05-2016, 07:26 PM)LegalEagle1 Wrote: Course you could also just flip the guitar over and flip the strings too, a la Jimmy Hendrix. Or you could flip the guitar over and the strings as is a la a lot if old time blues players. You've got some serious options as a lefty, on top of the fingering deal you just noted.

Or like Doyle Bramhall II today!
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#35
(04-05-2016, 06:36 PM)Blackland Razors Wrote: Being a lefty is all fun and games until you have to write and get ink all over your hand.

Or until you have to sit down next to a righty at the dinner table. We always had to carefully plan out our sitting arrangements at the table to accomodate my wrong-handed sister...

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#36

Super Moderator
San Diego, Cal., USA
Being a lover of fountain pens, I am always interested in how lefties cope because of the obvious smudging problem of the wet ink.  Left handed fountain pen lovers seem to deal with the problem in different ways.  I know PhilNH5 is a left handed fountain pen user and he seems to be able to make adjustments.  

As I stated earlier, this has been a most interesting thread and andrewjs18's original curiosity has opened up a whole new take on the issue.  I just love this. Winking

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#37
I switch over depending on the side of the face I am shaving. Left side left hand etc:
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#38

Administrator
Philadelphia, PA
(04-05-2016, 06:36 PM)Blackland Razors Wrote:
(04-05-2016, 06:16 PM)kwsher Wrote: I have tried using both hands but just to check it out. Only use my dominant right hand.

Although, when I was a kid I was always jealous of the lefties and wished I was left handed myself. Liked the special scissors Smile

Being a lefty is all fun and games until you have to write and get ink all over your hand.

I hate that! That is the primary reason I cannot ever use a pencil....

also to note, I cannot use a left handed mouse at all, even though I do almost everything with my left hand.
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#39

Super Moderator
San Diego, Cal., USA
(04-05-2016, 11:22 PM)andrewjs18 Wrote:
(04-05-2016, 06:36 PM)Blackland Razors Wrote:
(04-05-2016, 06:16 PM)kwsher Wrote: I have tried using both hands but just to check it out. Only use my dominant right hand.

Although, when I was a kid I was always jealous of the lefties and wished I was left handed myself. Liked the special scissors Smile

Being a lefty is all fun and games until you have to write and get ink all over your hand.

I hate that!  That is the primary reason I cannot ever use a pencil....

also to note, I cannot use a left handed mouse at all, even though I do almost everything with my left hand.

That's okay, Andrew and you other lefties; we love you just as you are.  The world would be an incredibly boring place if we were all the same.  As a righty, may I say lefties are special and thank you for being here and educating us righties. Winking

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#40

Vintage Razor Fan
Southwestern NY
I'm right handed. I shave right handed when using DE or SE.

My left hand has lot of dexterity in it. My mother told me I seemed to be left dominant when I was growing up, but she encouraged me to use my right hand. So, maybe I truly am a left handed person in a right handed world?

I'm planning on trying straights in the near future and plan on using both hands straight shaving. Hopefully, I don't cut off my nose to spite my face! LOL

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