Abstract: An improved rotatable anvil is provided. The anvil is of the type useful to cooperate with a rotatable die cylinder in manufacturing paper blanks and the like. The anvil comprises compressible first (inner), hard second (intermediate) and hard third (outer) concentrically disposed and axially extending layers interbonded upon a core thereof. The second and third layers are of different hardnesses. The anvil is made by providing a hollow cylindrical shell, mounting the shell concentrically about the core, injecting a polymerizable fluid between the shell and core assemblage and holding the mounted assemblage for a time sufficient for substantially complete polymerization.