Left Handed people
I am left handed and I am having a issue finding the perfect cake carving knife. I have a drawer full of knives, dollar store knives to Macy’s. I am just realizing that 99.9% of the knives sold are designed for right handed people. So my question is what type of knife do you left handed people use and where can I find this knife.
Jaclyn- The Happy Cake Lady https://www.facebook.com/thehappycakelady
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Hi there Jaclyn. I have to say, as a leftie myself, I did not know you could get knives for left handed people, which may explain why I struggle a bit with cake cutting and use a cake leveller like this, to cut my cakes evenly through, pre adding filler. its not the greatest and I know there are better ones out there (at a price!!) but I mange just fine and my levels are even…
so I googled left handed knives and loads of links came up, here is one (but its UK)
http://www.anythinglefthanded.co.uk/acatalog/chef_knives.html?gclid=CjwKEAjw14mhBRC0vdSNkI2l7CASJAC8OFS09ikeaHt9V53G92cHte8PJsObP8YsiP18Ir67Qjbc5BoCFx7w_wcB
My eldest son bought me a state of the art, long bladed cake cutting knife, it was fabulous, but could not use it at all and had to replace it for something else. … as an aside, I am hopeless with right handed scissors and have left handed ones. I am also looking into left handed airbrushes that have become available as my current one is a bit awkward, but managing fine :)
love to hear how others manage… thanks for opening the debate xx
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Hello from another leftie who has never heard of left handed knives. I just went to get my lovely little serrated knife from the drawer to tell you the type I use and have remembered that I always cut with my right hand but I see what you mean – the blade definitely has a front and a back (it is a Kuhn Rikon – I love it). To level my cakes I do as Calli does and use a wire – one of my best cake tools ever! So, sorry I haven’t been much help to you but it’s nice to say hello anyway :-)
Julia Hardy
Three of my five children are left handed and as children I bought left handed scissors but hadn’t really considered knives. I guess they somehow figured out how to use the right hand for that. Things are getting better for lefties but it is still a right hand dominated world.
Shirley
