Pipe Grip Ambidextrous (or Lack Therof)?

[philip]

Either side works for me. I usually throw caution to the wind and just hold the pipe with one hand at a time.

 

[smooth]

This seems to be a discussion out of the twilight zone. Who'da thunk it that such a subject would ever come up? Ok, I'll bite - the pipe is comfortable on either side of the mouth, as well as in either hand.

 

[profpar]

I wanted to know if my favoring one side (the right) was an anomaly or statistically normal. Based on responses there appears to be enough folks (not all) that favor a side to suggest that a singled sided preference is not an outlier and does have a measurable coefficient of probability.

 

[kamikazesasquatch]

Am I the only one where the pipe tends to just end up in the middle?

Nope I don't clench so it stays in the center most of the time.

 

[smooth]

kamikazesasquat --- Perhaps if you saw yourself in the mirror, you would choose a side! But then, I am assuming a "no hands" situation. If you are holding the pipe in your hand, that's a different story.

 

[sdcowboy]

I'm a both sides kind of guy.

 

[lincolnsbark]

Just came across this topic and have been wondering if I was weird for a while now; I too hold the pipe predominantly in my right hand but clench on the left. I write right handed, throw right, golf right, and kick right but I shoot left, and play hockey and lacrosse left.

 

[theboz]

I'm right handed except for when I use tools and when I smoke, then I am ambidextrous.

 

[smokeystover]

I always smoke on the left, but I have a partial denture on the right and can't hold a pipe very securely on that side.

 

[terrygoldman123]

Always on the left. I'm left handed too.

 

[latbomber]

I would say 60/40 right side bias

 

[ciderguy]

I'm generally a left side.

 

[soggycitybob]

An interesting question. Though I am right handed, I usually hold my pipe in my left hand. I think mainly because I use my right hand for my lighter. I will switch to the right hand from time to time. I rarely clench, but if I do it is on the right side.

 

[tjameson]

Mostly clench on the right but I switch it up if I'm smoking for more than 15 mins. I use both hands but light with my right so hold the pipe with my left or just clench.

 

[uberam3rica]

I smoke predominantly using my left hand on the left side. I use my right hand sometimes, but typically switch to my left hand after a bit. Which is weird, because I do almost everything right handed.

 

[chagovatoloco]

I clench,which is easy because I only smoke p lip system pipes. Either left or right.

 

[kashmir]

As a clencher, either side works for me.

 

[protestantpiper]

Funny enough I was just noticing how my Winslow feels left-handed...

 

[wilson]

I'm right-handed, but the pipe is always in the left side and I use my left hand (mostly) for the pipe (and cigars). This leaves my right hand free for my drink.

 

[cigrmaster]

I am left handed so I clench on the right side only and use my left hand to light my pipe. I don't know why but it feels completely unnatural to clench on the left side.