[genewitch]

at the extreme risk of being put on a list, what is the standard boyscout hand-width?

[mcv]

That depends on the age of the boy scout, of course. But so does arm length.

[samstave]

I have too many Monty Python jokes in mind for HN's taste

[zamnos]

Given that the Boy Scouts of America kicked off the modern scouting movement in 1910, the answer to African or European, is American.