captain_spalding said:

Bugger. Hit the wrong key.

Question is – tonight, i tried to cut of a loose thread on my right sleeve.

Scissors that work perfectly well in the right hand are useless in the left hand. Turn them upside-down, no good.

Why is this so?

Can they be made to work in the left hand?

captain_spalding said:

Bugger. Hit the wrong key.

Question is – tonight, i tried to cut of a loose thread on my right sleeve.

Scissors that work perfectly well in the right hand are useless in the left hand. Turn them upside-down, no good.

Why is this so?

Can they be made to work in the left hand?

There are lefthanded scissors. I had to have some as some people are left handed.

I believe it has to do with the way the blades intercept and that upside down you apply pressure to bed something rather cut something.

I use right handed scissors with the left hand. Thye are just uncomfortable to hold for long periods of time.

edits

apply pressure to bend something rather cut something.

I needed to have some in my craft boxes for the children to have access to.

party_pants said:

I use right handed scissors with the left hand. Thye are just uncomfortable to hold for long periods of time.

that’s a good point as the molding of the hand grips is particular too.

Well, i’m left-handed.

Less now than when i was young, more ambidextrous these days. Still write, throw, catch with the left. Use kitchen knife, pistol, rifle, right handed. Hammer, spanner etc pretty much either hand.

But scissor – can’t make ‘em work left-handed.

In engineering there is a term ‘opposite hand’ it’s something that all boilermakers need to understand and understand thoroughly because drawings will often call out items like
1 REQUIRED MARK B1 AS DRAWN
1 REQUIRED MARK B2 OPPOSITE HAND

So to a tradesman making lefthanded scissors would be no big deal.

captain_spalding said:

Well, i’m left-handed.

Less now than when i was young, more ambidextrous these days. Still write, throw, catch with the left. Use kitchen knife, pistol, rifle, right handed. Hammer, spanner etc pretty much either hand.

But scissor – can’t make ‘em work left-handed.

I’m left-handed for delicate tasks like writing and slicing and cutting. I’m right-armed for power tasks like throwing, batting, swinging a golf club. Never had a problem with scissors.

More shearing than cutting, so…

When using right handed sissors in the left hand…

Be sure to hold them upsidedown in front of a mirror…

captain_spalding said:

Well, i’m left-handed.

Less now than when i was young, more ambidextrous these days. Still write, throw, catch with the left. Use kitchen knife, pistol, rifle, right handed. Hammer, spanner etc pretty much either hand.

But scissor – can’t make ‘em work left-handed.

In the case of scissors as is somewhat different to a screwdriver. The shape of the grip is what gives the leverage. Hence the left hand needs a handgrip shaped to the left hand.

roughbarked said:

captain_spalding said:

Well, i’m left-handed.

Less now than when i was young, more ambidextrous these days. Still write, throw, catch with the left. Use kitchen knife, pistol, rifle, right handed. Hammer, spanner etc pretty much either hand.

But scissor – can’t make ‘em work left-handed.

In the case of scissors as is somewhat different to a screwdriver. The shape of the grip is what gives the leverage. Hence the left hand needs a handgrip shaped to the left hand.

However it does depend upon the use for the scissors. Dressmaking scissors and hairdressing scissors are designed to cut straight lines in the hand of the user. Kitchen scissors don’t care which way up you hold them

Actually, there is a description of the forces and stuff in the Wikipedia entry for scissors…..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissors

In the section about handedness.

Because you didn’t buy left-handed scissors, I guess.

They are available for purchase.

dv said:

Because you didn’t buy left-handed scissors, I guess.

They are available for purchase.

same with secateurs.

same with secateurs.
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how about non-secateurs

dv said:

Because you didn’t buy left-handed scissors, I guess.

They are available for purchase.

Maybe he bought scissors that were too expensive, with handles moulded too specifically for the right hand. I have a few cheap pairs. Large scissors that have moulded handles to suit a right hand, but you can use them with the left. I have a couple of medium and small scissors that have neutral handles rounded equally on both sides.

party_pants said:

I’m left-handed for delicate tasks like writing and slicing and cutting. I’m right-armed for power tasks like throwing, batting, swinging a golf club. Never had a problem with scissors.

Son#2 is a lefty. I’m not sure what he does with which hand, but I do know that I failed to give him special scissors

(Yes, I am an early childhood educator, who failed to notice her son’s handedness…it just dawned on me one day that he drew with his south paw more than his other one.)

i eat with my fork in my right hand. i put that down to when i was a youngun i started eating with a spoon in my right hand and when i progressed to a knife and fork i saw no point in relearning getting food to my mouth. don’t do anything else cackhanded.

I recommend a place called the Leftorium. Nice place, I know the owner, bit of a religious freak though.

I know him. He has a pathological speech impediment too.

Nodiddly way!