A tool body of a cutting tool includes at least one insert pocket having a bottom surface with a support face configured to provide support to a lower surface of an insert to be received in the pocket and having at least one cutting edge formed between a top surface and a side surface connecting the lower surface and the top surface. The bottom surface of the pocket has a countersunk central portion surrounded by a peripheral bottom surface portion configured to form the only support face of the bottom surface to the lower surface of an insert to be received in the pocket.
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