Most scissors are designed for right handed people. Lefties often must make do with a pair of right handed shears. There are several problems with this approach. First if the shear/scissors they are using have any ergonomic twists to the handle it will make the scissors difficult to hold. Second if the scissors are flat handle design, they have no ability to relieve the tension that is associated with repetitive motion injuries.
Changing a shear to a left handed design entails more than simply moving the pinky rest to the other finger hole. The easiest way to tell is to hold the shears in your right hand and look at the tension control knob or screw. If it faces your hand then this is a right handed shear.
The tension control will always be designed to face the hand to keep it away from the hair while cutting.
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So keep in mind if a scissors sales person tells you there isn't a difference between left and right handed scissors either they don't know what they're talking about or they're lying.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
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