You have just answered why I've never been able to cut bread straight. I always thought I was just bad at it and somehow everyone else had mastered bread cutting while I wasn't paying attention.
Re:Which emoji scissors close? (2020)
by londons_explore on Thursday October 27, 2022 @06:33PM
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Put the bread face down on the table, and now cut horizontally a half inch off the table...
Perfect slice!
You can use this technique even with blunt knives like butter knives.
Re:Which emoji scissors close? (2020)
by matsemann on Thursday October 27, 2022 @05:54PM
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Yeah, the edge on a serrated bread knife is like |/ and not \/.
I got a cutting knife (Øyo japansk kokkekniv), which has holes in it and a bump on one side to get rid of vacuum and things sticking to the knife when cutting. I actually got that in a lefty version, with the bumps on the other side.
Re:Which emoji scissors close? (2020)
by deafpolygon on Friday October 28, 2022 @01:35AM
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After years of cutting my bread at a bias, I can safely say I can now cut it more or less straight.
I have one as-yet-unredeemed gift certificate from my girlfriend for a left-handed bread knife. They're SO hard to find. Living in Germany I've wandered into multiple knife stores and ask and the people there all say "I know what you're talking about but we don't make one."
The only time I've actually seen one in real life is at the left-handed store on the San Francisco wharf!
Anyway, if you've got recommendations I'd love to hear them.
Re:Which emoji scissors close? (2020)
by chronogram on Friday October 28, 2022 @05:42AM
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Here's 8 of them that are specifically left-handed: [DE] https://www.knivesandtools.de/de/ct/brotmesser.htm?handednes... / [EN] https://www.knivesandtools.com/en/ct/bread-knives.htm?handed...
Bread knifes have a ever so slight slant to the cutting surface, to ensure that it actually goes straight through the bread. Without it the bottom of the slice will be a little more narrow, or thicker, I can't remember. Anyway, if your left handed the cut goes into the bread at an angle and the bottom get much wider than the top. This happens because the slant in the knife is to the wrong side (for left handed people). It is basically impossible to compensate for, without attempting to use your right hand, which just makes it worse really.
The price of the cheapest available left handed bread knife I've been able to find: USD100.