i am right handed and my husband is left handed. i think you are supposed to use your knife in your left hand when eating if you are a righty but that never worked for me so i switch (fork in left hand, knife in right) whenever i have to cut something. my left arm is also slightly stronger than my right, which is odd because it's supposed to be your dominate hand/arm that is stronger. all that means though is that i carry heavy stuff with my left hand/arm.