I am right handed but always buy or set the handles up on the left. Dunno why but that is how I have always done it.
I have buddies that do that but I’m just not ambidextrous enough to do it. I don’t have to worry about my friends using my Avets or Internationals and they don’t have to worry about me using their 6501’s when a rod gets tripped from the riggers. 😉