Hand size in grip - is it such an issue?

Every so often on grip forums the issue of hand size comes up. Now one way round it, suggested by IFBB and Iron Game Historian Joe Roark (a fan of hand strength and its history) was his 'fair bar' idea. He suggested that, if only for a few events, we have the option of differing size bars and handles which would suit the broad spectrum of hand sizes.

So not so different from arguments on pretty much every sporting forum and discussion that's ever taken place. From expensive football boots and running shoes to the weight and material make up of a baseball bat fans of the sport in question have and always will debate such things. 

But... in the case of hand size you're not able to trade up or down. You are, as the saying goes, dealing with the hand god gave you. 

From the hand length chart I'm using here (for a PC mouse size company - yes it exists) I fall into the the top end of the large scale, which I knew. Here's the thing - I just get on with it.

Genetics, oft discussed on bodybuilding sites, are what they are. The last time I was ripped was probably when I was 18. Yet I trained as a bodybuilder, at least in my mind, from age 15 through to what... 25... maybe 30. It's only in the last 10+ years that I've focused on strength and specifically hand strength.

A balanced argument for the hand size debate suggests, as I have, that having a big hand is, for sure, great for some lifts. I am best suited for thick bar events because of my hand length and also it's width. Throw in my decently long and broad looking thumb and it'll be all 'well no wonder Mobster can pull X, Y and Z'. I'd argue I am as limited by my comparatively weak lower back (compared to my hand strength). I could, as others have, also argue that not every grip event (esp those in a properly and fairly set up competition) suits a big hand. 

In other words deal with what god gave you and just work your hardest. Make the most of what you have and save the energy put into bemoaning your lot in life by making 'haters' eat their words.