Comment by layer8
2 days ago
The span from my thumb to my pinky in a “measuring position” is 20 cm (and is easily repeated by moving the thumb to the pinky and then stretching out the pinky again). The length of my “thumbs up” hand is 16 cm. The width of my fist is 10 cm. The length of my pinky is 6 cm. The width of my thumb is 2 cm. This allows me to estimate distances between ~2 m and 2 cm pretty well. Knowing your foot/shoe length also comes handy sometimes.
> The span from my thumb to my pinky in a “measuring position” is 20 cm
26 cm for me. I can stretch to 27 cm quite easily, though.
> The length of my “thumbs up” hand is 16 cm.
18 cm.
> The width of my fist is 10 cm
Same.
> The length of my pinky is 6 cm.
7.5 cm.
> The width of my thumb is 2 cm
2.5 cm.
I guess the main thing between mine and more typical hands is my long, fairly slender fingers, then.