Superabrasive wire saw and method of manufacture.

A wire saw comprising a metal wire and a layer of abrasive having fixed abrasive grains directly to the wire by a metal bonding brazed where the abrasive grains are superabrasive grains present in a layer with a thickness of a single particle, characterized in that said metal bond it comprises a minor fraction of an active metal selected from the group consisting of titanium, tantalum, chromium and zirconium; and the wire diameter at its largest dimension is in the range of 150- 250 m.