Harvesting knife and method for the production thereof

A harvesting knife having a base body, which is configured to be applied in a manner rotating in a machine around a drive rotational axis allocated to said base body, and having a plurality of teeth on its circumference,

• wherein, prior to a first application, at least one of the teeth has at least one cutter formed thereon wherein regarding the at least one tooth with the at least one cutter, the cutter extends only partly over an outer contour of the tooth, wherein the at least one tooth with the at least one cutter has a tooth back which is formed at least partly cutter-free, wherein the at least one cutter has a region having a diminishing material thickness in the direction of a cutting edge, at least substantially parallel to a principal plane of the base body, and leading to the cutting edge.