A binding machine comprising: a wire feeding unit configured to feed a wire (W); a curl forming unit configured to form a path along which the wire fed by the wire feeding unit is to be wound around a to-be-bound object; a cutting unit configured to cut the wire wound on the to-be-bound object; and a binding unit configured to twist the wire wound on the to-be-bound object and cut by the cutting unit , wherein the wire feeding unit comprises a pair of feeding members configured to sandwich the wire and to feed the wire by a rotating operation, the feeding members having a part that is in contact with the wire and configured to feed the wire with being displaced along a feeding direction of the wire, characterized in that the binding machine comprises a feeding path for the wire that is fed by the wire feeding unit, the feeding path is bent along one of the feeding members on a downstream side of a portion (P1) where the pair of feeding members face each other with respect to a feeding direction of the wire in the one direction, so that an amount of contact between the one of the feeding members and the wire is switched in accordance with the feeding direction of the wire, wherein, as compared to the amount of contact between the feeding member and the wire in an operation of feeding the wire in one direction and winding the wire around the to-be-bound object, the amount of contact between the one of the feeding members and the wire in an operation of feeding the wire in another direction, which is opposite to the one direction, and winding the wire on the to-be-bound object is made larger,. a wire feeding unit configured to feed a wire (W); a curl forming unit configured to form a path along which the wire fed by the wire feeding unit is to be wound around a to-be-bound object; a cutting unit configured to cut the wire wound on the to-be-bound object; and a binding unit configured to twist the wire wound on the to-be-bound object and cut by the cutting unit , wherein the wire feeding unit comprises a pair of feeding members configured to sandwich the wire and to feed the wire by a rotating operation, the feeding members having a part that is in contact with the wire and configured to feed the wire with being displaced along a feeding direction of the wire, characterized in that the binding machine comprises a feeding path for the wire that is fed by the wire feeding unit, the feeding path is bent along one of the feeding members on a downstream side of a portion (P1) where the pair of feeding members face each other with respect to a feeding direction of the wire in the one direction, so that an amount of contact between the one of the feeding members and the wire is switched in accordance with the feeding direction of the wire, wherein, as compared to the amount of contact between the feeding member and the wire in an operation of feeding the wire in one direction and winding the wire around the to-be-bound object, the amount of contact between the one of the feeding members and the wire in an operation of feeding the wire in another direction, which is opposite to the one direction, and winding the wire on the to-be-bound object is made larger,. <EOS>