"Grainy"

[bseal]

Good company, good products, but some hyperbole in this listing:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Eastman-A2-Horsehid ... 25662eac7f

 

[better duck]

Indeed, not much grain to be seen: smooth as the proverbial baby's bottom. Same as an ELC RW 1401P I own: strange, rubbery texture, no grain at all, even after a couple of years of hard wearing and HWT-ing it a couple of times.