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How do left-handed people hold a knife and fork?

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Using cutlery for eating is an area that causes a lot of confusion and inconsistency for both left- and right-handers: Right-handers- traditionally eat with a knife and fork using the knife in their right and fork in the left, so they actually feed themselves with their left hand. read more

Naturally, both knife and fork feels natural only on my left hand but I do hold the knife on the left hand and the fork on right hand and doesn’t switch hands when I need to cut, for convenience. So, just like a right handed person. read more

As a left handed child I was put under pressure at school to conform and eat using the considered proper convention of fork in left hand knife in right. It was distressing. Choice of eating hand for holding cutlery is as important as the hand you choose to write with. read more

Yes, I mean he has the knife in the left and the fork in the right. Husband is left handed but he has cutlery in "normal" hands, as do most other lefties that I've seen. read more

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