Hand Cleaned - Normal Grades
Streaky Two
Name : Streaky Two
Alpha-Numeric Code : S2
Extracted From : Next to the outer leafsheath
Fiber Strand Size : 0.20-0.50
Color : Ivory white, slightly tinged with very light brown to red or purple streak
Stripping : Excellent
Texture : Soft
Streaky Three
Name : Streaky Three
Alpha-Numeric Code : S3
Extracted From : Outer leafsheath exposed to the sun
Fiber Strand Size : 0.20-0.50
Color : Predominant color – light to dark red or purple or a shade of dull to dark brown
Stripping : Excellent
Texture : Soft
Current
Name : Current
Alpha-Numeric Code : I
Extracted From : Inner and middle leafsheath
Fiber Strand Size : 0.51 to 0.99
Color : Very light brown to light brown
Stripping : Good
Texture : Medium soft
Soft Second
Name : Soft Second
Alpha-Numeric Code : G
Extracted From : Next to the outer leafsheath or similar leafsheath source where S2 is obtained
Fiber Strand Size : 0.51 to 0.99
Color : Dingy white, light green and dull brown
Stripping : Good
Texture : Medium soft
Soft Brown
Name : Soft Brown
Alpha-Numeric Code : H
Extracted From : Outer leafsheath
Fiber Strand Size : 0.51 to 0.99
Color : Dark brown
Stripping : Good
Texture :
Seconds
Name : Seconds
Alpha-Numeric Code : JK
Extracted From : Inner, middle and next to outer leafsheath
Fiber Strand Size : 1.00 - 1.50
Color : Dull brown to dingy light brown or dingly light yellow, frequently streaked with light green
Stripping : Fair
Texture :
Medium Brown
Name : Medium Brown
Alpha-Numeric Code : M1
Extracted From : Outer leafsheath
Fiber Strand Size : 1.00 - 1.50
Color : Dark brown to almost black
Stripping : Fair
Texture :
Hand Cleaned - Residual Grades
Residual Fine
Name : Residual Fine
Alpha-Numeric Code : Y1
Consists of : weak, stained, discolored, and/or soiled fiber
Otherwise graded as :EF, S2, S3, I and G
Residual Fair
Name : Residual Fair
Alpha-Numeric Code : Y2
Consists of : weak, stained, discolored, and/or soiled fiber
Otherwise graded as :H,, JK, M1
String
Name :String
Alpha-Numeric Code : O
Consists of : Made up of strings and twisted or knotted strands of hand-stripped abaca fibers
Otherwise graded as: Ordinary handmade cords used for tying hanks, bales and binding bundles of loose ungraded fibers
Tow
Name : Tow
Alpha-Numeric Code : T
Consists of : Less than 60cm in length
Otherwise graded as: Consists of abaca tip cuttings, short, tangled and broken, resulting from sorting during the process of classification