When making anvils and dies pay particular attention to what's called the "blend area" as this is where the lines in your panel will come from when using flats.
The work you do in the blending are will make them either hard or easy to get a good panel finish.
There will be a radius for this area that allows the metal to curve gently over without diving in until your at really high pressures which isn't going to be your finish passes.
It take time and experimentation to achieve these "sweet blended areas"
Even the "store bought" anvils most times need this area better blended to reduce marking at normal wheeling pressures.
The time you spend tuning up the blend areas of all dies will pay huge rewards in all the work you do with them.
That's my feeling
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Kirk
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