LeftHand NZ - Left-handed products for left handed people/For the Kitchen

· All of our items for the kitchen are genuinely left-handed.

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Text Box: These shears have strong serrated blades which will cut through most things including thick material, heavy card, cardboard and thin plastics. They are used by paramedics for cutting clothing and seatbelt straps and would be great in a first aid kit or for around the house for various DIY / heavier duty cutting projects (carpet tiles etc.) These are the first tough cut snips ever made especially for left-handers! Please allow 2 weeks for delivery.

Text Box: A good quality left-handed tin opener with roller cutter and geared action for opening cans smoothly and with ease. It is positioned on the left side of the can and turned with the left hand — anti-clockwise, the most natural and most comfortable turning motion for left-handers. Get one of these and you will never again have to contort yourself into the flying angel position just to open your favourite can of baked beans! (Please allow 2 weeks for delivery.)

Rotary can opener - red

Text Box: A left-handed corkscrew will allow you to open all those lovely wine bottles with ease! Beautiful, smooth handle made from beech wood. A lovely present for a lefty wine lover!

Beech wood corkscrew

Traditional style left handed can opener

Text Box: Exactly the same as the red one described above only this has black handles. Please allow 2 weeks for delivery.

Text Box: This is the left handed version of the traditional style of can opener. A good idea to leave one of these in your camping equipment. Please allow 2 weeks for delivery.

Quality rotary can opener - Black

Text Box: The best motion for peeling potatoes and other vegetables is to move the peeler towards the body. This is not possible with a right handed peeler held in the left hand as the cutting edge is facing the wrong way. This is no longer a problem with this Swiss made left-handed potato peeler. The shape of the handle makes this peeler ideally suited for lefties and the blade is in the correct position to enable peeling towards the body so there are no more scraped knuckles!! I use mine all the time not only for potatoes but also for kiwi fruit, apples, cucumbers, carrots etc.

Victorinox potato peeler

Tough cut shears

Text Box: Made in England out of high quality stainless steel, this genuine left-handed model cuts tomatoes cleanly with the left hand. Makes a super gift for a lefty cook!

Text Box: We have sourced a genuine left-handed vegetable paring knife from overseas but to be perfectly honest with you the quality is not up to the hefty price I’d have to charge for it! My tip is to look in your local hardware shop for a vegetable paring knife that is sharpened on BOTH sides! Theoretically a knife like this should work well for either hand. If I find one that works for me I’ll photograph it and put it up here. If you have found one that works well for you, please let me know! Email.

Text Box: If you have never been able to cut bread straight, you need one of these! The blade of this knife is serrated on the opposite side to all the bread knives you can purchase easily in the shops. This knife produces a clean, straight and safe cut using the left hand. If you always cut slices that start off wafer thin and end up as doorstop wedges, it is probably because you have been using a right-handed knife! Right-handed knives have the serrations on the left side of the blade and this counteracts the natural twisting motion of the hand and gives the right hander a straight cut. When a left-hander uses a right-handed knife the effect of the hand twisting and the serrations combine and produce a curved cut! The almost inevitable result is a slice that starts off thin but ends up fat - resembling a slice of cake rather than a nice straight slice of bread! This lefty bread knife has the serrations on the right side of the blade to counteract the natural twisting motion of the left hand. So now you know! Those wedge slices are not your fault! You’ve simply been using a bread knife that doesn’t work well for you! If you bake your own bread, or if you always buy unsliced bread, you will really enjoy having this lefty knife in your kitchen! Please allow 2 to 3 weeks for delivery.

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Close up of left handed bread knife.

Text Box: This is the left handed version! The cake cutting edge of the fork is correctly positioned for use by a left-hander. The fattest spine is now suitably placed making it less likely for a piece of cake to fall off the fork on its way to your mouth!! Stainless steel. A great gift for a lefty with a sweet tooth!

Text Box: This is a very handy long handled spoon made from stainless steel. The corner edge makes it a snap to get the very last little bit of yummy stuff out of a bottle or a jar! A very clever gift for a thrifty lefty! (In stock.)

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Text Box: We can have one of these lovely handcrafted lefty wooden spoons made from New Zealand’s native kauri wood made especially for you if you are not in a great hurry to get it! The right side edge of the spoon has been squared to make it easier for a left-hander to stir and get into the inner sides of the pot! Also the spoon is cambered to suit left-handers and this helps prevent ‘splashback’ of hot soups and sauces. A unique gift for the special lefty cook in your life. Being handcrafted, no two are exactly the same. (We have two in stock.)

Close up of spoon.

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Text Box: This shape of this spoon makes it very comfortable for a lefty to eat soups and desserts with the spoon held in the left hand. Made in England in lovely shiny stainless steel. An unusual gift for your favourite lefty or for yourself!

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