A honeycomb extrusion die, comprising: a die body comprising: an inlet face ; an exit face ; a plurality of pins disposed on the exit face 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 (W1) greater than a narrow slot exit width (W2) 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 (W1) of the first portion is greater than a width (W5) of the second portion a die body comprising: an inlet face ; an exit face ; a plurality of pins disposed on the exit face 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 (W1) greater than a narrow slot exit width (W2) 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 ; a plurality of pins disposed on the exit face 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 (W1) greater than a narrow slot exit width (W2) 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 (W1) of the first portion is greater than a width (W5) of the second portion <EOS>