Well then, the added black rubber layers make it just a bit more grippy without the bead blasting.

Guess I will have to wait for the warm up to know how it works with fish slime.

"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them."
Albert Einstein

At Khe Sanh a sign read "For those who fight for it, life has a flavor the protected never knew".