Dental instruments

Wax Modeling Knife Kit

TGI referenceTG-REF:1272Quote this to us. It is printed on TGI's own catalog photograph of this article.TGI-C-1916B176 Web reference. It identifies this page, not a factory part number.

Sizes TGI publishes12.5cm · 18cm · 13cm · 16cm Printed on TGI's own catalogue photograph of this article.

Also printed on the photographLarge · Small Printed on TGI's own catalogue photograph of this article.

A wax knife kit is a boxed set of double-ended dental laboratory hand instruments used to cut, trim, and shape dental modeling wax. Each piece has two different metal working ends on one handle: usually a flat, tapered blade at one end for cutting and trimming set wax, and a smaller pointed, spoon, or ball-shaped tip at the other end for adding and smoothing softened wax. The working ends are commonly warmed over a flame or an electric wax heater just before use, so the metal cuts and blends the wax instead of tearing it. A kit groups several named wax-knife patterns in one box, such as Beale, Le Cron, and P.K. Thomas (PKT) patterns: each with its own blade and tip shape, rather than a buyer sourcing each pattern separately.

Minimum order200 instrumentsThe minimum for dental instruments. Mixed orders are quoted against your list.

Lead timeInstruments ~2-3 weeks · full sets ~4-6 weeks after advance.

Quality control

The inspection step is set by the line you order.

Economy line
sample: visual + dimensional
Clinical line
sample + boil test
Premium line
tighter sample + hardness test
Executive line
100% inspection + laser mark

Finish A color is a second choice, made on top of the line. Colored finishes on request, on any instrument, in addition to the steel line. Evidenced: black · gold · rose gold · blue · rainbow (anodised titanium).

Wax Modeling Knife Kit, dental instruments, TGI's own catalog photograph
TGI's own catalogue photograph of this article.

How it is built

  • Double-ended hand instrument: two different working ends per piece
  • All-metal build, with no plastic handle parts, so the piece can be heated over a flame
  • One end usually a flat, tapered cutting/trimming blade
  • Other end usually a narrower pointed, spoon, or ball-shaped tip, for adding and smoothing wax
  • Kit groups several named blade-and-tip patterns in one box

PatternsBeale · Le Cron · P.K. Thomas (PKT) · Freeman

Why this article has no size range

This is supplied as a set: a fixed list of instruments in a tray, cassette or pouch. A set is defined by which instruments it contains and how many of each, not by a manufactured length, so no size range is published for it. Tell us the list you need and we will quote against it.

This describes the article. The steel, the finish and the inspection step are set by the line you order.

Material and quality

LineSteelOriginFinishInspection
Economy lineAISI 410Pakistani or Taiwanesesatin, passivatedsample: visual + dimensional
Clinical lineAISI 420Pakistani or Germansatin, passivatedsample + boil test
Premium lineAISI 420-440CGerman or Japanesefine polish, passivatedtighter sample + hardness test
Executive lineAISI 440CGerman or Japanesemirror polish, passivated100% inspection + laser mark

This is the steel each line is made from as standard. A different origin can be supplied on request (a lower grade in Japanese steel, for example), agreed on your order.

Premium is the line where the choice is yours: 420 or 440C, agreed on your order. Economy is always 410 and Executive is always 440C. Those three are the instrument steels. Hollowware and sterilization containers are made in AISI 202 on a Clinical order and AISI 304 on a Premium or Executive one, and they are not offered in the Economy line at all, which is the section above.

The five grades, side by side, and what each one is for

True of every order

Instruments are marked to the buyer's requirement (TGI, unmarked, or the buyer's own brand), agreed on the order.

Customized packaging is part of what TGI supplies. Your own printed boxes, your labels, your brand on the pack, or plain export packing, whichever your market needs. The packing for your order is agreed with you and confirmed on the order.

Manufactured under the quality management system covered by TGI's ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016 certificates. Certificate numbers and the issuer's registry are on the certification page. Open the certificates

Every batch of steel is ordered to a specified grade and arrives with the mill's own certificate, which identifies the mill and states the grade. TGI checks the material at the factory against its own requirement before it goes into production. That check is TGI's own inspection, not an independent laboratory test.

TGI manufactures in its own factory in Sialkot and also supplies articles made by contracted partner workshops, to TGI's specification. Which applies to a given article is confirmed on your order.

One-year guarantee on Premium and Executive tier instruments, hollowware and sterilization containers: any technical manufacturing defect, including material faults and rust, is replaced free of charge. Damage from handling or accidents is not covered. The year runs from the day the goods leave Sialkot.

If something is wrong with a delivery (a manufacturing defect, or a short or wrong article), tell us on WhatsApp within 7 days of delivery, with a video and photographs of what arrived. Replacement instruments are sent free of charge and dispatched within 24 hours of us seeing them; you pay the shipping, and they reach you as a normal order does.

Damage that happened after the goods left Sialkot is a claim against your carrier. The video of your parcel at the shipping office is sent to you before shipment and is the evidence that claim needs.