The metal is smooth, but not shiny. It is super bendable. As soon as I realized what it was, I stopped handling it and washed my hands.
Lead is heavy, but seems such an odd choice for a weight in a consumer device. It must have been cheaper or even free.
I may have described it wrong. It is very bendable, not compressible at all really. It is so odd indeed!
No problem, we all have slightly different ways of describing things!