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You're going to love this then: There are left-handed bread knifes, and I want one. Bread knifes have a ever so slight slant to the cutting surface, to ensure that it actually goes straight through the bread. Without it the bottom of the slice will be a little more narrow, or thicker, I can't remember. Anyway, if your left handed the cut goes into the bread at an angle and the bottom get much wider than the top. This…
I have one as-yet-unredeemed gift certificate from my girlfriend for a left-handed bread knife. They're SO hard to find. Living in Germany I've wandered into multiple knife stores and ask and the people there all say "I know what you're talking about but we don't make one." The only time I've actually seen one in real life is at the left-handed store on the San Francisco wharf! Anyway, if you've got recommendations I…
The handles could be designed to overlap in the 3rd axis. I think I've seen scissors like this but I can't find an example.
They do consider overlapping handles in "Non-conducive depictions". Not sure why not elsewhere.
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Yes. When you close scissors, you use your grip to push the blades together perpendicular to the direction of travel. This makes the blades closer to each other so they slice. You probably do this without thinking about it due to practice, but if you watch little kids try to use scissors, they'll sometimes end up with the paper just turning sideways and folding flat between the blades. If you use the correct handed s…
This isn't it. The shape of the handle is orthogonal to whether a scissor is left or right handed. The real difference is in which blade half is on the bottom.
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It definitely has also to do with the force applied. If the blades are setup for the other hand your default grip will puah the blades apart and you can get the paper between the blades Thats why as a lefty I had major issues with the cheap scissors (which had a ton of play on the hinge) we had in school, bit if you have a decently made scissor the issue is much less severe.
Sorry, what you're describing violates Newton's Third Law. The force applied by one side is equal and opposite to the force from the opposing side. Scissor blades, paper, and force don't care which side is up. Anything other than line of sight is 100% handle ergonomics, and scissors aren't required to have wrong-side-incompatible handles.
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This isn't it. The shape of the handle is orthogonal to whether a scissor is left or right handed. The real difference is in which blade half is on the bottom.
Isn't which blade half is on the bottom determined by which way you hold it?
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Yes. When you close scissors, you use your grip to push the blades together perpendicular to the direction of travel. This makes the blades closer to each other so they slice. You probably do this without thinking about it due to practice, but if you watch little kids try to use scissors, they'll sometimes end up with the paper just turning sideways and folding flat between the blades. If you use the correct handed s…
Tbf if the grip can alter the distance between the blades you need to recalibrate them by adjusting the middle screw (unless they're riveted in which case welp) that holds them together. Well maintained scissors ought to cut perfectly well in both hands.
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It definitely has also to do with the force applied. If the blades are setup for the other hand your default grip will puah the blades apart and you can get the paper between the blades Thats why as a lefty I had major issues with the cheap scissors (which had a ton of play on the hinge) we had in school, bit if you have a decently made scissor the issue is much less severe.
Sorry, what you're describing violates Newton's Third Law. The force applied by one side is equal and opposite to the force from the opposing side. Scissor blades, paper, and force don't care which side is up. Anything other than line of sight is 100% handle ergonomics, and scissors aren't required to have wrong-side-incompatible handles.