Thread cutting tap and a method of its manufacture

A thread cutting tap having an elongated body, the body comprising at a first end thereof a connector portion adapted to be connected to a tool and at a second end thereof a threaded portion for cutting a thread in a surface of a workpiece, said threaded portion being provided with at least two cutting edges extending in the circumferential direction of said body, each of said cutting edges comprising an integral peripheral part of a flank portion of said body and extending substantially radially from the longitudinal extension of said body, said flank portions defining between themselves at least one chip removal flute extending generally in the longitudinal extension of said body for removal of chips, at least one of said flank portions having a side wall forming part of said at lest one flute, said at least one flute provided with a chip-breaking member, wherein at least a portion of said at least one flute being helically shaped.