Brushed stainless steel
Not just that but anything that has regular and close together lines - like on hologram photo things that change when you hold them at a different angle. If I touch them in any way against the grain it makes my hairs stand on end and I get a terrible sick feeling which makes me cringe and usually double up making bleurgh noises.

Its the braille equivalent of fingernails down a blackboard.

Can't buy any stainless steel kitchen appliance without having to go to the shop and running my hands over all the surfaces to check. Some cash points I have to use with my finger nails and I cannot touch my 4 year old's holographic place mat. Going inter-railing in the 80s my mates all bought cheap wallets for us all for our documents - it was thick nylon-type material which I could not touch. Had to remove passports and money etc with finger tips while holding the edges like a mong.
(Gusofnavarone always makes a map of france from sarnies, Thu 11 Sep 2014, 17:33, 4 replies)

I went to navarone bay last week
Didn't see any guns
( Locus213 Slightly to the left of Bakunin, Thu 11 Sep 2014, 17:37, closed)

That is because they were blown up
by a troop of cheeky commandos led by David Niven and Gregory Peck
(Gusofnavarone always makes a map of france from sarnies, Thu 11 Sep 2014, 17:45, closed)

There's another?
I thought that I was the only one to experience this! The edges of 10p pieces (the old ones were even worse), guitar strings, won't even touch the hologram things. Just the thought of it now is making my spine try to extract itself out of me.

I made the mistake of telling my so-called mates about this and they continue to wind me up by running their fingernails across said items, whilst I freak out like a girl. Hate hate hate it.
(Ghostlight, Fri 12 Sep 2014, 13:10, closed)

You are not alone
Guitar strings yes (the finer metallic ones, not the lower notes ones: you can tell I don't play) . Never had a problem with 10p pieces.

I even have problems if someone else runs their fingers over such things and makes a noise. My son does it with his holographic place mat and I have to get up and walk away with my mouth fixed in a rictus of hair raising agony. I've made my wife swear never to tell him about it as he'll only do it on purpose every day for the rest of my life.
(Gusofnavarone always makes a map of france from sarnies, Thu 18 Sep 2014, 9:44, closed)