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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 3657088, member: 112&quot;]You got the idea <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> The detail simply cannot be there because the metal on the top of that leaf never touched the die. And the reason that leaf has the texture to it is due to the same thing, and because the metal does not, simply cannot lift in a single flat plane. When metal is flowing it sorta bubbles up kind of like lava does - if and until it touches a hard surface for it to flow against and take on the shape of that surface.</p><p><br /></p><p>Which of course brings up a point that Mike raised, weakly stuck areas will never have luster. Which of course is another tell-tale of a weak strike. And, what&#039;s more, the textured surface will be of a different color than wear. Wear is always slightly darker than an area that was weakly struck. Of course, neither one will have luster - but for different reasons. With wear, the luster is worn away, with weak strike the luster never gets a chance to exist because the metal never touches the die.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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