A method for producing a
cutting tool is proposed, wherein the
cutting tool has a tool body with a hard
coating (2) and the hard
coating (2) is applied to the tool body (1) at least in the region of a
cutting edge (10, 14, 14a, 43), of a flank (5, 25, 45) and of a rake face (6, 26, 46). First of all, a hard
coating (2) is applied to the workpiece on the surface of the tool body (1) of the
cutting tool in the region of the cutting edge (3, 23, 43), of the flank (5, 25, 45) adjacent to the cutting edge (3, 23, 43), and of the rake face (6, 26, 46) adjacent to the cutting edge (3, 23, 43). Then, for
sharpening the cutting edge, the hard coating on the flank is partially removed by means of
laser machining in such a way that, for an angle (δ) between a first geometric plane (16, 36), in which the surface (9) of the tool body (1) situated below the hard coating (2) of the flank (5, 25, 45) extends, and a second geometric plane (18, 38), in which a surface (8, 28) of the hard coating (2) delimited by the sharpened cutting edge (10, 14, 43) extends in the region of the flank (5, 25, 45) after the removal operation, the following holds: 1° ≤ δ ≤ 70.