I Am Right Handed But...

[mawnansmiff]

I think most folks are like myself then, right handed but hold the pipe in the left hand.
Also I think a few posters have come up with why we do this...because lighting and tamping require a certain amount of accuracy, therefore we use our 'handed' hand for the delicate work and our other hand just as a holder.
There's n'owt so fickle as human nature...smoke on boys ::
Regards,
Jay.

 

[prairiedruid]

I think most folks are like myself then, right handed but hold the pipe in the left hand.
Also I think a few posters have come up with why we do this...because lighting and tamping require a certain amount of accuracy, therefore we use our 'handed' hand for the delicate work and our other hand just as a holder.

I'm right handed but smoke lefty as well, it leaves my right hand free to run the mouse while I smoke and browse the interwebs.

 

[indianafrank]

I'm a switch hitter.

 

[jpmcwjr]

You are talking pipe holding, aren't you Frank???

 

[winton]

Never thought about it, but right handed and smoke with pipe in left hand. That leave the dominate hand for lighter and tamper.

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

I do a little of both, but it always switches to my left hand when I need to light or tamp.

 

[hextor]

I use both hands, but I dont seem to notice when I switch hands, I am to busy flavoring the tobacco to notice.

 

[uberam3rica]

I'm the same way. I guess I could be considered semi ambidextrous as I do several thing left handed.

 

[mcitinner1]

Your dominate hand is used for lighting the pipe...for me always. I clench most of the time after that.

 

[jazz]

I always smoked cigarettes with my left though I'm right handed. I mainly do the same with my pipes but do switch hands as I smoke. I pretty much never under any circumstances did that with my cigarettes. I always use the phone with my left as well. I suspect that is because often I need to write when on the damn thing.

 

[indianafrank]

jpmcwjr -

You are talking pipe holding, aren't you Frank???

Yes, lol!

 

[jerwynn]

Ambidextrous here. BUT, what seems to be MORE of a deciding factor for me is the sys-config of my teeth. There is an absolutely perfect slot on the left side of my orthodonture that God Him/Her/Itself seems to have created there!! A PERFECT place for clenching, hanging, puffing, whatever! There is not a corresponding slot on the right side... which is horribly disappointing since both the Dr. and the Dentist admonish me, if I MUST smoke the goldang thing, keep it moving to different spots in my mouth to prevent any one spot from being over-assaulted by all those evil chemicals that kill small animals and pre-school children in CA.

 

[mackeson]

You are talking pipe holding, aren't you Frank???

...so if you use the other hand, is it like someone else is smoking your pipe? :rofl:

 

[cigrmaster]

I am lefty and always clench pipe on right side of mouth. Use my left had to light pipe.

 

[jackswilling]

"I am right handed but I smoke with my pipe in my left hand"
Yes, same here

 

[shutterbugg]

This is like the question "which hand do you use to wipe your butt?" to which the correct answer should be "neither, I use tp".
Lefthanded, although like most lefties living in a right-handed world I do many things righthanded out of forced necessity. Pipesmoking, I tend to hold the pipe in my right hand because I naturally prefer to tamp and light with my left. One reason I like a Zippo as it is equally usable with either hand.

 

[shawnofthedead]

I'm right-handed, but when I'm smoking I'm no-handed. All jokes aside, why is this even an issue, I don't even think about which hand I'm using. I sometimes use my right hand, other times left, and I switch hand often. Say if I need to write something whilst smoking, I'd hold it in my left; and if I need to type, I'd choose a lighter pipe that I can clench.

 

[mawnansmiff]

"All jokes aside, why is this even an issue..."
Shawn, the reason behind my original post was as one who studies human nature and has done so for many years I am fascinated by the minutiae of the human condition...how we do things and why. I wasn't making an 'issue' of it, I merely observed something about myself and wondered why I did this and if others did it too.
I have to say I am quite surprised at the amount of responses and also that the majority of those responses concur.
'People watching' is a great way to understand one's self.
Regards,
Jay.

 

[jerwynn]

Well said, Jay! :clap:

 

[fitzy]

Right handed. I hold my pipe in my left hand and light with the right. When clenching it's in the left side of my mouth.