A crimping device comprising: an anvil having a top surface , the anvil configured to receive a terminal on the top surface; and a crimp tooling member moveable towards and away from the anvil along a crimp stroke, the crimp tooling member extending longitudinally between a front side and a rear side , the crimp tooling member having a forming profile recessed from a bottom side of the crimp tooling member, the forming profile including two side walls extending from the bottom side towards an opposite top side of the crimp tooling member, the forming profile configured to engage a crimp barrel of the terminal as the crimp tooling member moves towards the anvil during a crimping operation to crimp the crimp barrel into mechanical and electrical engagement with an electrical wire disposed within the crimp barrel, wherein the forming profile defines pockets along a top-forming surface of the forming profile that extends between the two side walls, each pocket configured to form a corresponding protrusion in the crimp barrel of the terminal during the crimping operation, wherein the top-forming surface of the forming profile defines a front flared section at least proximate to the front side of the crimp tooling member , a rear flared section at least proximate to the rear side of the crimp tooling member , and an intermediary section adjacent to and being disposed between the front flared section and the rear flared section along a longitudinal axis of the crimp tooling member , the flared sections being angled transverse to the intermediary section in a longitudinal direction of the crimp tooling member, characterized in that the intermediary section has a front portion and a rear portion extending linearly in the longitudinal direction of the crimp tooling member , said pockets being defined along the intermediary section between the front portion and the rear portion , and along at least one of the flared sections . an anvil having a top surface , the anvil configured to receive a terminal on the top surface; and a crimp tooling member moveable towards and away from the anvil along a crimp stroke, the crimp tooling member extending longitudinally between a front side and a rear side , the crimp tooling member having a forming profile recessed from a bottom side of the crimp tooling member, the forming profile including two side walls extending from the bottom side towards an opposite top side of the crimp tooling member, the forming profile configured to engage a crimp barrel of the terminal as the crimp tooling member moves towards the anvil during a crimping operation to crimp the crimp barrel into mechanical and electrical engagement with an electrical wire disposed within the crimp barrel, wherein the forming profile defines pockets along a top-forming surface of the forming profile that extends between the two side walls, each pocket configured to form a corresponding protrusion in the crimp barrel of the terminal during the crimping operation, wherein the top-forming surface of the forming profile defines a front flared section at least proximate to the front side of the crimp tooling member , a rear flared section at least proximate to the rear side of the crimp tooling member , and an intermediary section adjacent to and being disposed between the front flared section and the rear flared section along a longitudinal axis of the crimp tooling member , the flared sections being angled transverse to the intermediary section in a longitudinal direction of the crimp tooling member, characterized in that the intermediary section has a front portion and a rear portion extending linearly in the longitudinal direction of the crimp tooling member , said pockets being defined along the intermediary section between the front portion and the rear portion , and along at least one of the flared sections . <EOS>