Patent ID: 7607215

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a magnetic head slider formed by cutting out from a block member, comprising: processing an end face of the block member to form one surface of the magnetic head slider; holding fixedly with an end face holder, the processed end face of the block member; while maintaining a state of holding fixedly of the processed end face of the block member with the end face holder, cutting a portion of an end face side opposite to the processed end face of the block member; and while continuing the maintaining of the state of holding fixedly of the processed end face of the block member with the end face holder, processing a cut surface of the cut portion of the end face side opposite to the processed end face of the block member to form another surface of the magnetic head slider; wherein the cutting of the portion of the end face side and the processing of the cut surface are performed while the entire surface of the processed end face of the block member is covered by the end face holder.