Spoon knives: Left AND right?

[TomBartlett]

Just wondering if anyone here uses both a left handed and right handed spoon knife. I've only ever used a right handed spoon knife and haven't encountered any major problems. Is it just a marketing ploy or is there an actual benefit to using both?

 

[Mesquite]

... Is it just a marketing ploy or is there an actual benefit to using both?

It's not a marketing ploy when there are a fair few folk who are left handed

 

[TomBartlett]

But are those left handed folk just using the one spoon knife?

 

[HillBill]

One cuts towards you, the other away from you. I prefer the ones that cut away from you, left handed ones i think. Much safer in use. But, saying that, there are times when a right hander would come in handy for the awkward bits the lefty struggles with.

 

[mountainm]

they allow you to do push and pull cuts - but they also allow you to do yourself an injury when you forget the blade is double sided and push with your thumb on the edge or pull with your knuckle.

 

[rik_uk3]

But are those left handed folk just using the one spoon knife?

Most people use a knife fork and spoon, problem solved.

 

[robin wood]

I only use one for spooncarving and adapt grips to suite. For kuksas ladles and similar deep hollowing you find there are two quarters that are virtually impossible to get clean cuts without a lefty.