Poll: knife and fork handling.

[Meridian]

My right thumb and forearm are 'dominant', so I'm strongly right-handed.

That's only two out of a long list of such tests: I can't remember most of the others. The only one which springs to mind is: hold the fingers of one hand behind your back between thumb and fingers of the other hand ("At Ease" in other words). The hand doing the holding is dominant.


I personally have something called "shared dominance": the side of the brain most correlating to the activity concerned takes charge. Writing and drawing are right-brain, so I do them left handed. Punching and kicking are left-brain, so I do them right handed. But while I write with the left, and draw with the left, I use a mouse with the right (because my brain sees that as a technical activity, and thus left-brain). Except because it's in the right I can't draw very well with it! I eat right-handed, but both thumb and forearm are left. But at ease is right. I have a right dominant eye (which is usually pretty well correlated to handedness) and shoot right handed.


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[Mp4]

Always fork in right hand and knife in left

 

[Jokester]

I was brought up properly and was taught fork in left, knife in right, unless it's something that doesn't need cutting in which I use my right hand for the fork.

 

[Glaucus]

I was brought up properly and was taught fork in left, knife in right, unless it's something that doesn't need cutting in which I use my right hand for the fork.

This.

 

[Cosimo]

I was brought up properly and was taught fork in left, knife in right, unless it's something that doesn't need cutting in which I use my right hand for the fork.

Same here.

 

[wozencl]

Left handed. Fork in left, knife in right.

 

[Stewy]

Fork left hand, knife right hand. It genuinely annoys me watching people eat with fork in right hand (when they have a knife as well)

 

[jp_bl_68]

I was brought up properly and was taught fork in left, knife in right,

Same. I'm left handed so the fork always stays in my left hand, knife or no knife.

 

[zootfloot]

Forks are for amateur's, SPORKS are where its at.

Back on topic though, i am right handed and hold my fork in my right hand, knife in the left.

 

[Efour]

right handed, but eat backwards, left knife, fork right

 

[trickycurve]

Surely you need more control over the knife to cut things? I would have thought this would be easier with your dominant hand.
The fork is then only used to hold the food you're cutting and transfer it to your mouth.

I find it a lot easier to hold food in place with my dominant hand (right) and to cut it with my weaker hand (left), especially if it's something tough and needs to be pressed into the plate more firmly.

But, hey-ho, I guess I'm just weird like that.

 

[Schizo]

could a mod please make a poll please.

thank you.

 

[SideWinder]

I was taught the 'right way' since an early age. I am right handed and the fork is meant to be used with the left hand and the knife the other.

 

[cm1179]

knife or no knife, the fork is in the left hand

 

[Gackt]

I was brought up properly and was taught fork in left, knife in right, unless it's something that doesn't need cutting in which I use my right hand for the fork.

Actually, you were brought up completely wrong.

Fork in the right, knife in the left. There is no other way.

Anyone doing it any other way had/have terrible parents.

 

[memyselfandi]

I was "taught" the right way too .. doesn't mean it's the most comfortable for me or the way that I use.

- right handed
- fork in the right hand
- right thumb on top
- left arm on top

 

[SideWinder]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating_utensil_etiquette

/shrug.

Wiki > *.

 

[Jokester]

Traditional table setting gives a clue, surely?

You would think so, but then...

Actually, you were brought up completely wrong.

Fork in the right, knife in the left. There is no other way.

Anyone doing it any other way had/have terrible parents.

 

[TFleming]

Left Handed - Right Hand Fork / Left Hand Knife

Only left handed in some things tho and right in others so which defines, i'm right handed for writing and left for sports.

 

[jp_bl_68]

Left Handed - Right Hand Fork / Left Hand Knife

Only left handed in some things tho and right in others so which defines, i'm right handed for writing and left for sports.

That makes you right handed then.