left handed rulers etc Any good?

savingmummy

My DD is left handed and uses normal things ie, rulers, scissors and the likes.

At school they give her left handed scissors but thats all!

pulliptears

My Son is 18 now and a leftie. I've bought him various bits over the years but in the end he uses the rightie versions because its easier. Probably the best thing I ever bought for him, and something that aided his writing no end, was a simple set of pencil grips.

debulition

RVK2 wrote: »

As a left hander who can do pretty much nothing right handed (except use a mouse)I'd say don't bother. I was brought up with 'normal' non lefty stuff like rulers, clocks, scissors, tin openers and you just adapt. I was given a pair of right handed scissors as a gift once and I couldn't work out how to use them..turned them upside down and used them the right-handed way!

RVK2

As a leftie who does use left-handed scissors, I'm awfully confused by your scissors tale.

If you take right-handed scissors and turn them upside-down, the blades are exactly the same and they're still right-handed scissors.

Equally, left-handed scissors always have the blades to suit left-handers, regardless of whether they're upright or upside down.

debulition

LittleMissAspie wrote: »

Are you being sarcastic? What's a left handed screwdriver, screwdrivers are symmetrical.

Apart from scissors, I can't see why anything needs to be left handed. Most items can be used in either hand. I am right handed but slightly ambidextrous and I've never had any problem using things in my left hand. Except my toothbrush. Lack of fine motor control.

Aha, you really are right-handed in a right-handed world, huh?!

Screwdrivers aren't symmetrical. The standard screwdrivers you use screw clockwise to tighten and anti-clockwise to loosen. Left-handed screwdrivers are the other way round.

The same applies to left-handed corkscrews or can-openers. It's not a gimmick. There's a reason why left-handers have more accidents and it's because utensils are designed with right-handers in mind.

vesper

Hi I'm left handed and I think I have only ever had some left handed scissors, especially when I got to highschool and did Textiles and needed some left handed fabric scissors. Most things I have got on with using the right handed stuff, although I would prefer a left handed fountain pen and I can't for the life of me get on with tin openers.
Most of the stuff is just a waste of money. You soon adapt.

LittleMissAspie

Screwdrivers are symmetrical. If you split one down the middle, both pieces will look exactly the same. I have used screwdrivers in my left hand and right hand. Maybe you want left handed screws but why can't you just turn it the other way? I never know which way to turn screws or keys or taps or the old fashioned type can openers. If it's not working, try the other way.

prowla

LittleMissAspie wrote: »

Are you being sarcastic? What's a left handed screwdriver, screwdrivers are symmetrical.

Apart from scissors, I can't see why anything needs to be left handed. Most items can be used in either hand. I am right handed but slightly ambidextrous and I've never had any problem using things in my left hand. Except my toothbrush. Lack of fine motor control.

Maybe a left-handed punch would be in order.

LisaB1970

drutt wrote: »

Aha, you really are right-handed in a right-handed world, huh?!

Screwdrivers aren't symmetrical. The standard screwdrivers you use screw clockwise to tighten and anti-clockwise to loosen. Left-handed screwdrivers are the other way round.

The same applies to left-handed corkscrews or can-openers. It's not a gimmick. There's a reason why left-handers have more accidents and it's because utensils are designed with right-handers in mind.

Screwdrivers are symmetrical. there is no such thing as a left handed screwdriver.

debulition

Caught! :beer: Can you tell I don't do DIY??!! :rotfl:

LittleMissAspie

drutt wrote: »

Caught! :beer: Can you tell I don't do DIY??!! :rotfl:

Confused now.

So I googled and apparently there is such a thing as a left handed screwdriver.