A hard tip (18T, 20T, 22T, 24T, 26T, 36T, 38T, 48T, 50T, 56T, 58T, 60T) band-saw blade used when carrying out a cutting process on a workpiece including alternating sawtooth groups (12, 30, 42, 46, 54) each being a combination of a plurality of sawteeth with each sawtooth being provided with a hard tip (18T, 20T, 22T, 24T, 26T, 36T, 38T, 48T, 50T, 56T, 58T, 60T) of hard material on a tooth (20, 24, 26, 50, 58, 60) top side of the sawtooth, wherein each sawtooth group (12, 30, 42, 46, 54) is formed from a first sawtooth subgroup (14, 16, 32, 34) and a second sawtooth subgroup (14, 16, 32, 34), the first sawtooth subgroup (14, 16, 32, 34) has a plurality of sawteeth that include a first leading tooth (18, 22, 48, 56) in which the hard tip (18T, 20T, 22T, 24T, 26T, 36T, 38T) is formed in a left-right symmetrical shape and having a chamfer at a tooth (20, 24, 26, 50, 58, 60) top corner part on each of left and right sides of the hard tip (18T, 20T, 22T, 24T, 26T, 36T, 38T) and a first following tooth (20, 24, 26, 50, 58, 60) arranged to follow the first leading tooth (18, 22, 48, 56), set to be smaller than the first leading tooth (18, 22, 48, 56) in tooth (20, 24, 26, 50, 58, 60) height size, and the hard tip (18T, 20T, 22T, 24T, 26T, 36T, 38T) is formed in a left-right symmetrical shape that widens toward a tooth (20, 24, 26, 50, 58, 60) top edge side like a plectrum, the second sawtooth subgroup (14, 16, 32, 34) has a plurality of sawteeth that include a second leading tooth (18, 22, 48, 56) set to be the same as the first leading tooth (18, 22, 48, 56) in tooth (20, 24, 26, 50, 58, 60) height size, formed in a left-right symmetrical shape, and having a chamfer at a tooth (20, 24, 26, 50, 58, 60) top corner part on each of left and right sides of the hard tip (18T, 20T, 22T, 24T, 26T, 36T, 38T), a second following tooth (20, 24, 26, 50, 58, 60) arranged to follow the second leading tooth (18, 22, 48, 56), set to be the same as the first following tooth (20, 24, 26, 50, 58, 60) in tooth (20, 24, 26, 50, 58, 60) height size, formed to widen toward a tooth (20, 24, 26, 50, 58, 60) top edge side like a plectrum, and having a chamfer at a tooth (20, 24, 26, 50, 58, 60) top corner part on a left/right first side of the hard tip (18T, 20T, 22T, 24T, 26T, 36T, 38T), and a third following tooth (20, 24, 26, 50, 58, 60) arranged to follow the second following tooth (20, 24, 26, 50, 58, 60), set to be the same as the first following tooth (20, 24, 26, 50, 58, 60) in tooth (20, 24, 26, 50, 58, 60) height size, formed to widen toward a tooth (20, 24, 26, 50, 58, 60) top edge side like a plectrum, and having a corner chamfer at a tooth (20, 24, 26, 50, 58, 60) top corner part on a left/right second side of the hard tip (18T, 20T, 22T, 24T, 26T, 36T, 38T), and each tooth (20, 24, 26, 50, 58, 60) top corner part of the hard tip (18T, 20T, 22T, 24T, 26T, 36T, 38T) of the first following tooth (20, 24, 26, 50, 58, 60), the tooth (20, 24, 26, 50, 58, 60) top corner part on the left/ right second side of the hard tip (18T, 20T, 22T, 24T, 26T, 36T, 38T) of the second following tooth (20, 24, 26, 50, 58, 60), and the tooth (20, 24, 26, 50, 58, 60) top corner part on the left/right first side of the hard tip (18T, 20T, 22T, 24T, 26T, 36T, 38T) of the third following tooth (20, 24, 26, 50, 58, 60) most outwardly protrude in a left-right direction.