For those of the left handed persuasion

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Lip Gloss Sep 2022 10:40pm, 16 Sep 2022 64,823 posts	0 Lip Gloss Me too GM
Night-owl Sep 2022 10:42pm, 16 Sep 2022 40,262 posts	0 Night-owl Also leftie 100% it upsets me when I here other others have been made to use right hand. I was too. I don't curl my hand either
Flatlander Sep 2022 6:00am, 17 Sep 2022 2,594 posts	0 Flatlander I had problems using a RH tin opener until I got fed up and bought a LH one -what a transformation! Same with LH scissors. Shame I can't find a LH butter/margarine spreading knife - RH ones have the serrations on the wrong side so I end just pushing the margarine across the bread instead of spreading it. That is one of the few things I have to use RH. Similarly with bread knives having the serrations on the wrong side. although I can use that LHed if I don't mind wonky cut bread!
GimmeMedals Sep 2022 6:50am, 17 Sep 2022 23,184 posts	0 GimmeMedals I leave Geoff to cut bread as I always make a mess of it. I can’t use those dainty cake forks either.
PaulaMc Sep 2022 7:10am, 17 Sep 2022 11,370 posts	0 PaulaMc I've never even given a thought to bread knives, spreading butter, etc. I just do it left handed and hadn't considered that there might be a better outcome if I had left handed tools or did it right handed (which I don't think I'd be able to do). It's never really been an issue for me, however it might explain why C has noted in the past that I can't cut a loaf straight! And tin openers are no problem because we use the ones that go on top of the tin, rather than the side, and they seem pretty easy to use.
macca 53 Sep 2022 8:24am, 17 Sep 2022 30,478 posts	0 macca 53 Me too Paula! 😁
Night-owl Sep 2022 10:49am, 17 Sep 2022 40,264 posts	0 Night-owl And me
Flatlander Sep 2022 2:27pm, 17 Sep 2022 2,595 posts	0 Flatlander This thread and its comments have prompted me to write a blog Those Pesky Right Handers make Life Difficult for the Rest of Us fetcheveryone.com/blog/37839/2022/9/455345 which you may find amusing/interesting/thought provoking - or not.
macca 53 Sep 2022 2:52pm, 17 Sep 2022 30,481 posts	0 macca 53 One of the few “specialist” items I’ve ever owned was a left-handed italic nib for a fountain pen ( for basic calligraphy during art lessons at grammar school). When we retired I went to our local posh stationers (sadly now shut) because I thought it would be a nice thing to pick up again, it’s really hard to just go and buy one (I still haven’t managed it!)
macca 53 Sep 2022 3:10pm, 17 Sep 2022 30,482 posts	0 macca 53 …. and the internet is my friend penheaven.co.uk if anyone has had the same issue…