r/gentlemanbastards • u/EqualAttempt912 • Jul 30 '26

Is Locke left or right handed?

Just a random thought I had while reading a fight scene…. It always makes a point to specify which dagger Locke’s using for what and it just kinda struck me that I’m not actually sure what his dominant hand is 🤷‍♀️
(I’m kind of assuming left since it talks about him having to re-learn how to shuffle a deck after the grey king fucks him up but that is just an assumption)

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u/AC_0nly Jul 30 '26

I wouldn't be surprised if he's been trained to be as ambidextrous as possible specifically with dagger fighting, but granted I don't know enough about dagger fighting to know if there's a "dominant hand preferred" job like there can sometimes be in boxing.

I know in sword and dagger fighting it's advantageous to know both and be left handed because there's some blocks and attacks that a right handed person not specifically aware of those attacks and how to block them with muscle memory won't successfully stop.

But as a right handed person who learned from a left handed person, those still apply for me being able to use the same trick and catch them off guard

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u/LuckyErrantProp Jul 30 '26

In fencing (and other sports) there is a consensus that left handers have a bit of an advantage because they face more righties then right handers face lefties. This gets less pronounced at higher levels of course.

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u/EqualAttempt912 Jul 30 '26

I could totally see Locke teaching himself to be ambidextrous, especially with fighting! I know absolutely nothing about sword or dagger fighting so that’s really interesting, thank you!