Abstract: At least the first chamfered portion 22 for forming the apex portion 8 has a surface roughness (R.sub.p-p) of 0.6 .mu.m or under. This first chamfered portion 22 is formed through grinding with a #2500 or #1500 grinding stone.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a flying magnetic head of composite type using a magnetic thin film layer as a head core. The flying magnetic head comprises a slider, an I core bar bonded via a high-melting-point bonding glass layer to one end face of the slider and a C core bonded via a high-melting-point bonding glass layer serving as a gap spacer to the I core bar. The I core bar and C core have respective magnetic thin film layers, which are aligned to each other and mated with an ABS of the slider. I core bar is formed at a position corresponding to a wiring groove of the C core with a window groove. Such flying magnetic heads having a smooth ABS can be readily and massively manufactured.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a flying magnetic head, the following surfaces are mirror-finished: a bonding surface 18a of a core block 18, a surface 18b of the core block 18 which is on the opposite side of the bonding surface 18a, a surface 19a of a core block 19, and a bonding end surface 2a of a slider 2 formed of a non-magnetic material such as ceramics and having a rectangular sectional configuration. Then, high-melting-point bonding glass layers m are deposited on these surfaces by sputtering or the like. Afterwards, the core blocks 18 and 19 and the slider 2 are put together and simultaneously bonded with each other by heating under pressure through the bonding glass layers m, thereby forming a flying magnetic head block.

Abstract: A flying magnetic head is provided in which a head core, formed by laminating a magentic thin film on a non-magnetic substrate, is fitted into a slot formed in a slider through a bonding glass layer. The substrate of the head core and the slider are formed from the same material. The coefficient of thermal expansion of the head core substrate is substantially the same as that of the magnetic thin film. The thickness of the bonding glass layer which bonds the head core to the slider is reduced to 20 .mu.M or less.