Cutting tool

Abstract

A cutting tool having a cutting edge member which forms at least one corner part, wherein a material for the cutting edge member is selected from either diamond, an ultrahigh-pressure sintered body containing cubic boron nitride or a PVD or CVD coating applied to a surface of the ultrahigh-pressure sintered body. At least part of an intersecting edge between an end surface of the cutting edge member and a peripheral side surface thereof is provided with a cutting edge. A chip breaker comprising a breaker wall surface is formed in the end surface of the cutting edge member. The breaker wall surface has at least one projected surface part which bulges outwardly from the cutting tool. As viewed from the end surface, the recessed surface part is arranged so as to be apart from a virtual plane A which is defined so as to divide the corner part into halves.

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