Do you Smoke Right handed or Left handed?

[didimauw]

It's funny, I was just having this conversation in Richmond as regards lighters. I am right handed, smoke on the right, and use my right hand with the pipe. But when I light, I switch to my left hand and use the lighter in my right hand. But I have found that Kiribi, Corona, and all the fancy lighters are designed to be lit with the left hand based on the angle of the flame coming out and the alignment of the striker. So I can never justify the cost of a Kiribi that I love so much when I have to awkwardly flip it around when I use it.

The only thing that bothers me with my Corona. Left handed????

 

[Singularis]

I am a very sinister person ... which is to say that I am left-handed.

But just as with my phone use, my right hand does the work, which I think I developed to leave my dominant hand free to do dominant hand things.

Now, I do occasionally switch my pipe to my left hand for variety. But if clenching, I do so only in the right side of my mouth, and only in certain specific situations, and only with my more clenchable, and (probably) less valuable pipes.

 

[Singularis]

Right. Switch to left when I relight and tamp.

Would this be the European method? (Kind of like switch fork and knife when eating?)

 

[mso489]

Yup, sinister originally meant left-handed, an example of the reflexive persecution of anyone who doesn't function just like the majority. Also a symptom of the lack of intellectual adaptivity in the human species.

 

[Christos D. Tsatsaronis]

Right handed but I hold the pipe in my left hand. Maybe because I use my dominant hand to light the pipe.

Same thing for me also... mostly.

 

[burleybreath]

I mostly smoke left handed. Why? I have discovered that I taste better with the left side of my tongue. Am I alone in that oddity?

Off the top of my head, and judging by the lack of pertinent comment, I would say yes.

 

[krizzose]

I clench a lot of the time and mostly on the right side, but occasionally on the left.
Most of the time I hold a pipe with my right hand if and when I do hold one. When tamping I will hold the pipe in my left hand.

 

[prndl]

I smoke a pipe any way I can get it to my mouth.

 

[anotherbob]

mostly right side. I try to do more on the left. The thing is it just kind of drifts back to the right side some how. What's funny is when I smoked cigs I alternated more and I noticed that if I smoke more then usual I also end up doing more left sided smoking.

 

[Cappy]

Off the top of my head, and judging by the lack of pertinent comment, I would say yes.

So it seems.

 

[Spa32]

Would this be the European method? (Kind of like switch fork and knife when eating?)

Sure. I do that also.

 

[virginialover]

Right handed but I prefer to hold my pipe with the left and on occasion use the right. Also I don't clench my pipe.

 

[solideogloria86]

So it seems.

Hey, nice avitar!

 

[chopper]

Please capitalize important words only. Edited.

That's probably a dumb question. I only smoke while sitting and so I don't clinch. While I am right hand dominant, I mostly smoke left handed. Why? I have discovered that I taste better with the left side of my tongue. Am I alone in that oddity?

Learning to switch hands without missing a beat is something that I thought that all blokes mastered as young teenagers . . . oh, I misread the question.

Pipes, yes, right umm; I would have had to think about that except for the fact that as I read, err, I mean reread your question, I was holding my pipe in my left hand [though I'm right-handed]
I'm not a clencher either.
It depends what I'm doing. Some 'skills' are transferable I guess so since I 'mastered' switching hands a long time ago I'm able to hold my pipe in either hand but mostly my left.

 

[chopper]

Born right handed. Self taught ambidextrous. Hold with left hand only while lighting. Clench on right side preferably, but will switch during the smoke. Otherwise I always use the right hand to grab it, if talking or using the pipe to point.

"point"?
Once when I was a child in a crowd with my grandfather, he voiced his disapproval when I pointed something out by saying "Monkeys point son".

 

[OzPiper]

Every time I see the heading of the OP I picture an impeccably dressed Saville Row tailor, tape measure in hand asking " And does Sir dress on the right or the left ?"

Sorry, it's been one of those days !

 

[didimauw]

"point"?
Once when I was a child in a crowd with my grandfather, he voiced his disapproval when I pointed something out by saying "Monkeys point son".

Oh boy....you should see me eat.....hahahaha

 

[leonardbill1]

Left. I need the right to scroll through all of these posts.

 

[Frasermac]

It would appear I’m mainly a left handed smoker! Who knew….?‍

 

[jewman22]

Well, I tend to smoke using my mouth, never tried smoking with my hand, doesn't seem very productive, or even possible really.

Joking aside, I hold the pipe in my left, and I don't usually clench either.