Abstract: Method of making cutting tool bits of the indexable insert type with a plurality of cutting edges, characterized by that a bandshaped body, which along at least one of its edges is provided with a portion consisting of a material suitable for carrying out operations, the material being different from the material of the rest of the band, is divided into a number of polygonal bodies constituting cutting tool blanks, the dividing operation being carried out in such a way that at least two corners on each blank are situated in the material which is suitable for carrying out cutting operations, the cutting edges being formed in these corners.