The invention makes it possible, in a simple and cost-effective manner, to produce a honing tool (3) which ensures an optimized work result with respect to manufacturing precision and which also allows the shaping of the honing tool to be varied with the largest possible design freedom. For this purpose, according to the invention: a) a honing tool (3) is provided, the profile of which is unfinished; b) the honing tool (3) having the unfinished profile is chucked in a holder (2) of a honing machine (1) which is intended to hold the honing tool (3) while a workpiece is honed; c) a profiling tool (8) is chucked in the workpiece spindle (4) of the honing machine (1), and d) the profiling tool (8) and the honing tool (3) are oriented and moved relative to one another such that the profiling tool (3) engages with the honing tool (3) and on the honing tool (3) replicates the toothing profile (7) required for honing the toothing of the workpiece.