A honeycomb extrusion die, comprising: a die body comprising: an inlet face; an exit face (402, 502); a plurality of pins disposed on the exit face (402, 502) and arranged to define a matrix of intersecting slots, the intersecting slots comprising wide slots and narrow slots formed between the wide slots, wherein the wide slots have a wide slot exit width greater than a narrow slot exit width of the narrow slots; and feedholes at the inlet face and intersecting with inlet portions to at least one of the wide slots and the narrow slots; at least some of the pins that define the wide slots comprise a first surface indentation feature that is (i) located between the inlet portion and a wide slot exit of a wide slot and (ii) spaced away from the wide slot exit; at least some of the pins that define the narrow slots comprise a second surface indentation feature that is (i) located between the inlet portion and a narrow slot exit of a narrow slot and (ii) spaced away from the narrow slot exit; and the matrix of intersecting wide slots and narrow slots form at least one enclosure of wide slots enclosing at least one narrow slot; the honeycomb extrusion die being characterized in that, one or more wide slots comprise a first portion extending between wide slot exits and the first surface indentation feature and a second portion extending between inlet portions of the wide slots and the first surface indentation feature, wherein a width of the first portion is greater than a width of the second portion a die body comprising: an inlet face; an exit face (402, 502); a plurality of pins disposed on the exit face (402, 502) and arranged to define a matrix of intersecting slots, the intersecting slots comprising wide slots and narrow slots formed between the wide slots, wherein the wide slots have a wide slot exit width greater than a narrow slot exit width of the narrow slots; and feedholes at the inlet face and intersecting with inlet portions to at least one of the wide slots and the narrow slots; an inlet face; an exit face (402, 502); a plurality of pins disposed on the exit face (402, 502) and arranged to define a matrix of intersecting slots, the intersecting slots comprising wide slots and narrow slots formed between the wide slots, wherein the wide slots have a wide slot exit width greater than a narrow slot exit width of the narrow slots; and feedholes at the inlet face and intersecting with inlet portions to at least one of the wide slots and the narrow slots; at least some of the pins that define the wide slots comprise a first surface indentation feature that is (i) located between the inlet portion and a wide slot exit of a wide slot and (ii) spaced away from the wide slot exit; at least some of the pins that define the narrow slots comprise a second surface indentation feature that is (i) located between the inlet portion and a narrow slot exit of a narrow slot and (ii) spaced away from the narrow slot exit; and the matrix of intersecting wide slots and narrow slots form at least one enclosure of wide slots enclosing at least one narrow slot; the honeycomb extrusion die being characterized in that, one or more wide slots comprise a first portion extending between wide slot exits and the first surface indentation feature and a second portion extending between inlet portions of the wide slots and the first surface indentation feature, wherein a width of the first portion is greater than a width of the second portion