Method for slicing workpiece and wire saw

A method for slicing a workpiece with the use of a wire saw which comprises a wire row formed by winding a fixed abrasive grain wire having abrasive grains secured to a surface thereof around a plurality of grooved rollers, the method comprising feeding a columnar workpiece to the wire row for slicing while allowing the fixed abrasive grain wire to reciprocate and travel in an axial direction, thereby slicing the workpiece at a plurality of positions aligned in the axial direction at the same time,

• wherein, after end of slicing the workpiece, the fixed abrasive grain wire is rewound from a position at the end of slicing the workpiece by a length which is ⅓ or more and ⅔ or less of a length of the fixed abrasive grain wire fed from start of slicing when the workpiece and the wire row begin to contact with each other to the end of slicing the workpiece, and then the workpiece is drawn out of the wire row.