Hadn't thought about the bottle caps point of view. That's certainly interesting.
Hadn't thought about the bottle caps point of view. That's certainly interesting.
I don't know if it is lack of strength, inability to "close a fist", or something else... but, it seems like manual dexterity suffers with age. I have no problems with small caps (1") *or* large (4") but many of my friends have problems with both these extremes.
hmmm I have small hands and short fingers, so I don't have much of a grip when it comes to larger bottle caps or even jars, for that matter. Do you think size of hands has anything to do with it?
For large diameter, sure. But, that "problem" would exist from adolescence, etc.
For *small* diameter, though, small hands shouldn't pose a problem. Indeed, larger hands can get in the way for smaller diameters (forcing the user to use fingertips instead of the length of the finger)
I had a similar problem with my small hands and short fingers when I played guitar.
You're not left handed are you? When they first came out with the twist off caps on beer bottles I seemed to have more problems than my friends. After thinking about it (and getting the bottle open) I realized it was like pipe wrenches or ChanelLoks. As you twist counterclockwise with your right hand, it pulls your thumb into the cap; left handed it tends to push your thumb away.
Big hands and fingers are no picnic either. I never could play a barre A without muting something.
I'm right-handed, and I always grabbed a cloth to put between me and a bottle cap like that. It always hurt if I didn't do that.
I could never reach across to play a bar chord. Used a capo a lot.
Uncle Monster posted for all of us...
What did Elvis' hands have in them?
Uncle Monster posted for all of us...
g tight lids and I like the flexible silicone pads that you can wrap around a lid to help you grip it.(???)
It's about time you got a grip on it...
I've got a capo but I've never used them much. I don't sing or play with a group so it doesn't matter to me what the key is.
A fried peanut butter and banana sandwich.
I still have my capo, but don't have my guitars any more.
So you use your capo to make capons?
I just put it away one day when I still had my guitars and forgot about it. Sold the guitars and found the capo years later. Never got rid of it. lol
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