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There appear to be fine lines across much of the shoe, but not on the toe. Are these cracks of some kind or is it supposed to be that way?
The leather for this shoe has an artificially applied grain pattern; ...
I think you must be right, they are pebble grain. The shoes are actually Allen Edmonds' MacNeils. I'm not well versed in shoe history, but it would appear (based on a few Google searches) that pebble-grain, longwing bluchers are something of an American tradition. Seems like AE isn't the best at doing the pebble grain, though.