A self tapping threaded fastener, the method of making same and the rolling dies therefor wherein said fastener is adapted for assembly with a member in which a standard internal thread is formed by the fastener and in which a zero running torque or controlled prevailing torque is established between said fastener and member. A plurality of thread forming lobes are disposed on an otherwise standard, substantially fully formed thread on the tapered work entering end, wherein predetermined lobes on said tapered end proximate the shank portion are rolled such that their ultimate projection is within the envelope of the imaginary projection of the convolution of the shank thread toward the tip of said fastener. The method of making said fastener includes rolling a substantially continuous thread from said shank portion throughout said tapered work entering portion and simultaneously forming spaced apart thread forming lobes superimposed upon said thread in said work entering portion, then subsequently rerolling said threaded shank portion and said predetermined lobes on the work entering portion to the cylindrical thread convolution of said shank portion, as projected. The dies for rolling said fastener include a first, and second rolling dies, said dies having a fastener entrance end and a fastener exit end, and disposed intermediate said ends thread forming surfaces including a plurality of parallel thread crest forming grooves and thread root forming ridges having a shank forming flat portion being bounded along one edge by an upwardly inclined tip forming surface, said first rolling die being the primary rolling die and having a shank and tip forming section including a lobe forming section wherein a plurality of regularly spaced lobe forming pockets are disposed in said thread forming grooves and ridges in said tip forming surface, a reroll support section wherein said thread forming surfaces match said shank forming flat portion and a release section, said reroll support section of a predetermined rolling length so as to reroll a predetermined number of said thread forming lobes, and a said second rolling die having shank and tip forming sections, and a reroll section so disposed as to reroll a predetermined number of said thread forming lobes.