A method of machining a rotationally symmetric surface of a workpiece, said method comprising: rotationally driving said workpiece around a rotational axis, arranging a cutting tool with a cutting edge relative to said workpiece, bringing said cutting tool into contact with said workpiece, and advancing said cutting tool relative to said workpiece along a feed direction parallel to said rotational axis, wherein a normal to a rake face is tilted relative to said feed direction, a first axis and a second axis, the first axis and the second axis being perpendicular to the feed direction and perpendicular to each other, the first axis corresponding to a radial direction and the second axis being tangential to the workpiece, wherein a direction of said normal of said rake face is set to a direction rotated around said first axis by an angle α from a start direction identical to a direction of said second axis, such that said normal from said rake face is directed to said feed direction, wherein said angle α is in a range from 35° to 60°, wherein said direction of said normal is rotated around a third axis by an angle δ such that said normal from said rake face is directed to said feed direction, and said third axis corresponds to an axis which originally corresponds to said rotational axis and is rotated around said first axis by said angle α, and said angle δ is in a range from 0° to 15°, characterised in that an end of an active cutting portion of said cutting edge on a downstream side relative to the feed direction is spaced apart from a closer one of respective ends (ER, EF) of said cutting edge by, at most, 1/50 of a diameter of said workpiece. rotationally driving said workpiece around a rotational axis, arranging a cutting tool with a cutting edge relative to said workpiece, bringing said cutting tool into contact with said workpiece, and advancing said cutting tool relative to said workpiece along a feed direction parallel to said rotational axis, wherein a normal to a rake face is tilted relative to said feed direction, a first axis and a second axis, the first axis and the second axis being perpendicular to the feed direction and perpendicular to each other, the first axis corresponding to a radial direction and the second axis being tangential to the workpiece, wherein a direction of said normal of said rake face is set to a direction rotated around said first axis by an angle α from a start direction identical to a direction of said second axis, such that said normal from said rake face is directed to said feed direction, wherein said angle α is in a range from 35° to 60°, wherein said direction of said normal is rotated around a third axis by an angle δ such that said normal from said rake face is directed to said feed direction, and said third axis corresponds to an axis which originally corresponds to said rotational axis and is rotated around said first axis by said angle α, and said angle δ is in a range from 0° to 15°, characterised in that an end of an active cutting portion of said cutting edge on a downstream side relative to the feed direction is spaced apart from a closer one of respective ends (ER, EF) of said cutting edge by, at most, 1/50 of a diameter of said workpiece.