Gifts For Left Handers

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Gifts For Left Handers

As a lefty, I can attest to the fact there are gifts for left handers that are just fun to have, and gifts for left handers that are so useful and practical that a lefty cannot imagine life without the item. In a perfect world, these gifts would be for lefties only the way so many products designed for right handed people can seem to southpaws.

Most left handed people learn to adapt to the right handed world early in life. This doesn't mean that the idea of having products designed for left handed people isn't desired. I had to fight for a pair of left handed scissors when I was a kid in school because my classrooms always seemed to have maybe two pairs of left handed scissors for the half dozen lefties in the class.

Here are some suggestions of gifts for left handers. I'm sure the lefty in your life, even if that lefty is you, would love some of these items!

"Large Left Hand" by Auguste Rodin - available at allposters.com

Left-Handed Stuff For Kids

It's challenging enough learning to write. It's even harder when your teacher is right handed and can't understand why you want to hold your pencil the way you do. There are a number of left-handed products designed specifically for children, and here are a few that would make gifts for the little lefty you know.
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Left-Handed Office Supplies

Or school supplies, if you prefer

My quest for the best pens for left-handers may never truly end, but pens and scissors are far from the only office or school supply unfriendly to lefties.

Here are a few excellent gifts for your left-handed co-worker or student!
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Did You Know?

It is estimated that 10% of the world's population is left-handed!

Left Handed Mice

The computer mouse is one device I don't mind using right-handed. I appreciate the fact I could theoretically have my mouse in hand and write at the same time. However, I support 100% the idea of having every last thing normally used by the right hand as something I can use with my left hand, so on with the left-handed computer mouse!
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Left-Handed Sporting Goods

Whether it be left-handed golf clubs or left-handed baseball mitts, just about every sport has equipment available specifically for left handed athletes. Here is a selection of left-handed sports equipment.
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Books For Left Handed People

The Left-Hander's: Left Handed Ledends, Lore & More: 2012 Weekly Planner Calendar by Cary Koegle

The Left-Hander's: Left Handed Ledends, Lore & More: 2012 Weekly Planner Calendar by Cary Koegle

Thousands of famous left-handers have made their mark more...0 points

Your Left-Handed Child: Making Things Easy for Left-Handers in a Right-Handed World by Lauren Milsom

Your Left-Handed Child: Making Things Easy for Left-Handers in a Right-Handed World by Lauren Milsom

Around one in ten people are left-handed, but bein more...0 points

Left-Handed Calligraphy by Vance Studley

Left-Handed Calligraphy by Vance Studley

From an award-winning calligrapher and well-known arts more...0 points

Left-Handed Guitar: The Complete Method by Troy Stetina

Left-Handed Guitar: The Complete Method by Troy Stetina

Attention all Southpaws: it's time to turn your pl more...0 points

Confessions of a Left-Handed Man: An Artist's Memoir (Sightline Books) by Peter Selgin

Confessions of a Left-Handed Man: An Artist's Memoir (Sightline Books) by Peter Selgin

 Peter Selgin was cursed/blessed with an unusual childhood. more...0 points

Hal Leonard Guitar Method, Book 1 - Left-Handed Edition (Hal Leonard Guitar Method Books) by Will Schmid, Greg Koch

Hal Leonard Guitar Method, Book 1 - Left-Handed Edition (Hal Leonard Guitar Method Books) by Will Schmid, Greg Koch

Southpaws rejoice! This world-famous method is now more...0 points

The Left Stuff: How the Left-Handed Have Survived and Thrived in a Right-Handed World by Melissa Roth

The Left Stuff: How the Left-Handed Have Survived and Thrived in a Right-Handed World by Melissa Roth

Weaving cultural history and scientific exploratio more...0 points

Loving Lefties: How to Raise Your Left-Handed Child in a Right-Handed World by Jane M. Healey

Loving Lefties: How to Raise Your Left-Handed Child in a Right-Handed World by Jane M. Healey

For a left-handed child in a right-friendly world, more...0 points

Lefties: The Origins and Consequences of Being Left-Handed by Jack Fincher

Lefties: The Origins and Consequences of Being Left-Handed by Jack Fincher

What minority group claims Jack the Ripper, Leonar more...0 points

Left Handed Stitchery by Sally Cowan

Left Handed Stitchery by Sally Cowan

For the 15% of the population who usually are left more...0 points

Left-Handed Kids: Why Are They So Different by James T. deKay

Left-Handed Kids: Why Are They So Different by James T. deKay

A tribute to the (more creative, more successful a more...0 points

Left Is Right: The Survival Guide for Living Lefty in a Right-Handed World by Rae Lindsay

Left Is Right: The Survival Guide for Living Lefty in a Right-Handed World by Rae Lindsay

What do Bill Clinton, Jay Leno, Monica Seles, Bruce more...0 points

Are You Left-Handed?

Left hand x-ray - click photo to buy from allposters.com
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Scissors For Lefty

The band, not essential left handed accessory

What better band to provide us with a musical interlude than indie rockers from San Fransisco, Scissors For Lefty?
Scissors For Lefty - Ghetto Ways
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Scissors For Lefty Music

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Left Handed Musical Instruments

Here is a sampling of musical instruments designed for left handed performers.
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Left-Handed Musical Instruments On eBay

Save some money by checking out eBay's selection of left-handed musical instruments!
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Are lefties always right?

Do you think lefties are really in their right minds?

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Of course!

favored1 says:

Yes

Wednesday_Elf says:

The LEFT side of the brain controls the right side of the body -- the RIGHT side of the brain controls the left side of the body.... so..... only LEFT-HANDED people are in their RIGHT mind! :)

No, that's just something lefties say to make themselves feel better.

TheApril says:

What a great lens! I have a lefty nephew and have already gotten some good ideas for Christmas.

 

T-Shirts For Left Handers

Left handers can announce their awesomeness with these t-shirts.
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Left-Handed Attire For Women

If the lefty in your life is female, here are some shirts she might enjoy.
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Left-Handed Shirts For Kids

It's rough being a left handed kid. Help one earn some cool points with some fun shirts embracing the left-handed way.
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Left-Handed Mugs On eBay

I hate the fact that most mug designers can only be bothered with putting the design on one side of the cup, so that as a lefty I am unable to see the picture if holding the handle with my left hand.

Let the left-handed person in your life get some revenge with mugs and cups that are designed specifically for lefties.
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Lefty Confessions

Are you left-handed? What do you think is the most essential lefty thing to own?

  • jtmcwill Nov 6, 2011 @ 7:08 pm | delete
    Great lens! Thanks for the gift recommendations.
  • pawpaw911 Oct 27, 2011 @ 7:31 pm | delete
    Great idea for a lens. We have a grandson who looks like he will be left handed. It will make him special, because he will be the first in our family.
  • Sylvestermouse Oct 27, 2011 @ 11:32 am | delete
    One of my brothers is left handed and I had no idea left handed composition books were available. He also plays the guitar and was a baseball pitcher in high school and college. It always amazed me that he could pitch with either hand/arm.
  • smithlights Oct 21, 2011 @ 10:58 pm | delete
    Fun lens! Left-handed spoons? What does that mean?
  • Wednesday_Elf Oct 21, 2011 @ 7:54 pm | delete
    Being left-handed in an essentially right-handed world is often a challenge. The only thing that 'bugs' me (like you) is coffee mugs having no design facing left!

    In my family, my brother and I are both left-handed, so we've always had a special bond because of that. I've also noticed over the years that a right handed person never notices if you are writing left-handed; they might sometimes think there is something 'odd' about you, but can't figure out what it is. BUT, a lefty will notice another lefty IMMEDIATELY. Always been proud of that! :)

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The Left Stuff: How the Left-Handed Have Survived and Thrived in a Right-Handed World 

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The Left Stuff: How the Left-Handed Have Survived and Thrived in a Right-Handed World

Amazon Price: $9.91 (as of 05/31/2012)Buy Now

Curious as to why you or someone you loved ended up left handed? Melissa Roth dives into the science of how humans decide which hand should be their dominate one, and how much of it is based on society vs. genetics.