Mold segment irregular wear and noise countermeasure

A pneumatic tire molded with a tread molding body comprising a tire mold segment, the tire mold segment comprising:

• a. an inner mold surface for forming a tread surface portion of the tire, the inner mold surface comprising a plurality of sipe forming protrusions that form sipes on the tread surface portion, each sipe forming protrusion of the plurality of sipe forming protrusions comprising a height and a width;
• b. a first mold segment end face and a second mold segment end face, the first mold segment end face and the second mold segment end face arranged at opposite ends of the inner mold surface such that a tread forming portion of the inner mold surface terminates at the first and second mold segment end faces, wherein each mold segment end face has edge sipe forming protrusions with a first end and a second end, the first end of the edge sipe forming protrusion terminates at a mold segment end face, the edge sipe forming protrusions comprise a width in the range of about 0.7 to about 1.2 mm
• c. a plurality of interior sipe forming protrusions, all of the plurality of interior sipe forming protrusions comprising a width less than the edge sipe forming protrusions.