Palm size

[Shelley]

Another thread got me musing about hand and handle size, so I thought I would do a little survey sort of query about hands and handles.

First what is the size (width I surmise) of your hand when holding a knife, I grabbed a ruller and measured from the highest bit when gripping to the lowest point, result was 95 mm, now my preferred handle size is about 110 mm, I find too much more and I am just paying for, and carrying around, real estate that I don't need.

What about the rest of you, the more the merrier!

 

[Quixoticgeek]

Not sure about the measurement, I don't have a fixed blade knife with me as I'm on the road through various legal jurisdictions where I'm not really wanting to justify my knife in another language. But I know from trying to design a knife that I tend to like a 120mm long handle to have enough handle to use properly. I do know I have small girly hands tho...

J