Abstract: A method for coating a tool or tool part, includes providing a base structure of the tool or the tool part at a temperature of 850° C. to 950° C. and applying at least one layer to the base structure. One or more layers of the at least one layer is formed of a metal carbonitride of composed of at least one of titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium, tantalum and chromium. The one or more layers of the at least one layer is deposited by a deposition of a gas containing methane, nitrogen and at least one metal compound. After beginning the applying, the temperature is increased by at least 40° C. to an increased temperature and the deposition is continued for a time at the increased temperature.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cutting tool, for example, a saw blade (1) with a base body (2) that has at least one bit seat in which an insert (7) is held. It is provided according to the invention that the base body (2) has at least one elastically deformable clamping element (3) that can be placed against the insert (7) with the aid of a control element (5) positioned in a recess of the base body (2) in order to hold the insert in the bit seat.