A method for producing a primary material for a machining tool and such a primary material, for example a primary material for a saw blade, a saw band, a cutting line, a punching knife or a blade, wherein a first flat carrier is arranged with one edge thereof along an edge of a second flat carrier, wherein the first and second carriers are welded together along the edges by supplying at least a first particulate cutting edge material, and the first and second carriers are separated again substantially along the welded joint formed as noted above.