Abstract: A cutting tool such as a body drill has a cylindrical shank portion and a body section connected to the shank portion. The twist section terminates at a cutting end. A pair of flutes are formed in the body section, defining a land therebetween. The land includes a narrow margin having a width between 0.015 and 0.025 inches. The land also has a body clearance of a diameter less than that of the margins. The flutes terminate at flute faces at the cutting end. The flute faces are disposed parallel to each other at a zero degree rake angle. The narrow margin aspect of the invention could also be applied to a counterbore or spotface.