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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 8249210, member: 112&quot;]That&#039;s a good way of describing it. That &quot;smoothed&quot; look is the result of altered surfaces. In effect the area is &quot;rubbed&quot; to try and make the darker color go away and reveal the lighter color (that we see now) underneath.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s been my experience that die wear (which is inevitable in later die stages) produces somewhat rough, almost bumpy at times, surfaces. Surfaces similar to those produced by a weak, or weaker strike.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Toning is a function of luster, the more luster there is the more toning there will be, and the faster it will happen. The less luster there is the less toning there will be, and the slower it will happen. And since toning is progressive, the more of it there is and the longer it has been there, the darker it will get. And vice versa of course.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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