Bill Potts wrote: >However, there's some very good stuff on the subject at >http://www.gov.on.ca/OMAFRA/english/livestock/horses/facts/info_hands.htm.
That source mentions the two options for using a real hand: with or without thumb. Whatever the origin of the measure, you need the thumb to get anywhere near 4 inches. john mercer wrote: >I wonder how many peoples hands you would have to measure before >you got 2 with the same size hand. Most people have a hand breadth that is more than 3 mm different from the average. www.virart.nott.ac.uk/pstg/adultdata.htm Percentile hand breadth including thumb 5th 95th 80 99 China female 80 99 Sri Lanka female 82 100 Poland female 82 101 German female 82 102 US female 82 98 Japan female 83 101 UK female 90 110 Sri Lanka male 93 113 China male 95 114 Poland male 97 116 UK male 97 118 US male 98 116 German male 99 113 Japan male Percentile hand breadth across knuckles 5th 95th 66 81 China female 69 83 Italy female 70 85 US female 70 80 France female 70 90 Netherlands female 71 85 Poland female 71 83 Japan female 71 84 UK female 72 85 German female 75 91 China male 75 95 France male 75 95 Brazil male 76 90 Italy male 78 93 German male 79 95 UK male 79 95 US male 80 95 Japan male 80 100 Sri Lanka female 80 100 Netherlands male 81 96 Poland male 90 110 Sri Lanka male
