TIRE MOLD

A tire tread mold which allows more flexibility in the design of tread patterns and which reduces the risks of blades being damaged during molding operations is needed. Such a mold has a tread mold portion which is divided in into a plurality of mold segments having an inner face curved along the circumferential direction according to an arc angle α, each of the mold segments including laterally extending blades forming projections from their inner face; wherein the mold segments have a first end portion, a second end portion and a central portion; wherein laterally extending blades of the central portion extend in the operating direction, and wherein laterally extending blades of the end portions are inclined blades that extend in a direction forming an angle β with the operating direction, wherein with angle β being less than half of angle α.