Abstract: It is intended to provide an optical fiber-cutting method and an optical fiber-cutting machine, by which an optical fiber can be cut smoothly and perpendicularly to the axis of the optical fiber. A ferrule 21 is held by a holder 14 which is supported in a slantingly movable fashion relative to the main body 12 of a cutting machine 11, and an end portion of the optical fiber 20 projecting from an end face of the ferrule 21 is held by a clamp 16 to apply a pulling force to the optical fiber. The holder 14 is slanted to bend the optical fiber 20, and a cutting blade 28 is moved in an arc line along the circumference of a basal portion at the inner side of the bending portion of the optical fiber 20 while butting the cutting blade 28 to the optical fiber 20, to make a cut 20a of an arc shape, and then the holder 14 is slanted toward the direction opposite to the above direction to bend the optical fiber 20 toward the direction opposite to the above direction, thereby cutting the optical fiber 20.