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@lizardsquid you've seen knurled things almost certainly though; it's where they put a rough texture on something to make it easy to turn, common on knobs and stuff

@lizardsquid upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia here's what it looks like! The ridged pattern common on plastic knobs is also sometimes called knurling though it might not technically count, I dunno

@lizardsquid and I guess it's used on more than just rotatey things, it's good for grips on tools in general

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