Just a thought regarding photos

[rodogg]

Kind of a pointless thread butttttttttttt: One of my main annoyances on this site is that when someone posts a pic of a knife I cant tell how big or small the knife is in real life... Fair enough if they say the overall length of the knife, but even then I find it hard to get a good mental picture of how big it would be. All knife pics should be placed beside a human hand for size comparison lol. Again this was just a thought with no likely resolution.. :P

[chanwahyaoh]

The problem with that is - human hands come in different sizes too.

[rodogg]

True! An average human hand then lol. Ill google what that is... Okay according to wikipedia: "The average length of an adult male hand is 189 mm"

[Seanifred]

next to a dollar bill always works

[Shotgun]

True! An average human hand then lol. Ill google what that is... Okay according to wikipedia: "The average length of an adult male hand is 189 mm"

What the hell is mm? LOL. Yeah, I always look at the knife specs for something in my range and then search to see if there are any comparison photos. Oh, and this thread is worthless without pics.

[Nathan Ihrke]

Leave it to wikipedia to measure the human hand in millimeters, a measurement no honest American quickly grasps

[SpookyDriver]

I'm just going to start taking pictures with my livestock in the background for scale. I mean, who doesn't relate to the size of your average Brangus steer?

[Nathan Ihrke]

^^^^ LOL, problem solved

[jacktrades_nbk]

[Esav Benyamin]

How about putting a ruler in the picture? I have rulers with both metric and imperial measurements.

[Leek_Freak]

I understand what you mean completely.

And just to add a picture to the thread...

[pertinux]

Wow, Leek_Freak-- very nice. I love the clarity of your picture, and the included objects do provide a good idea of scale.

I have a lot to learn about taking better pictures, but did just try out the ruler idea:



Now, if I could only get the picture to scale perfectly on my screen....

~ S.

[Esav Benyamin]

Now, if I could only get the picture to scale perfectly on my screen....

~ S.

Not going to happen. What I do is hold a ruler to the image of your ruler and reduce the magnification (CTRL -) until they match.

[23xdm3.8]

I think using a credit card of some type or a dollar bill would be a good reference for size

[Esav Benyamin]

I would rather not post my credit card.
Not everyone is familiar with the size of American money.

[Orion's Belt]

Leek_Freak, what's that small wharncliffe? Looks awesome.

[ThievesLikeUs]

Leek_Freak, what's that small wharncliffe? Looks awesome.

Don't want to speak for Leek_Freak, but thats a Kershaw Rainbow Centofante.

Great little A/O, sadly discontinued.

[Orion's Belt]

Don't want speak for Leek_Freak, but I'm pretty sure thats a Centofante.

Thanks a lot. It's a great looking little knife!

[ThievesLikeUs]

Thanks a lot. It's a great looking little knife!

Sure is, and it came in all kinds of flavors.Even came with a nice pocket sheath.

[Will_Power]

next to a dollar bill always works

Or a coin of some sort.