sintering process the size or diameter of slot 140 may vary by the size or diameter of the second body 120 in the preferred embodiment the diameter of first body 110 is greater than the diameter of second body 120 in the more preferred embodiment the diameter of second body 120 is between 80 and 50 of the diameter of first body 110 in an alternative embodiment not shown the orientation of first body 110 can be reversed in relationship to first cutting element 112 such that trailing end 114 is adjacent first cutting element 112 in this embodiment first body 110 provides additional backing support to the forces acting on second cutting element 122 during drilling this also permits a variable spacing as between first cutting element 112 and second cutting element 122 by moving second cutting element 122 into closer proximity to first cutting element 112 referring to fig4 and 5 another embodiment of exemplary cutters 200 is illustrated a substantially cylindrical first body 210 is made of a hard metal such as tungsten carbide a substantially cylindrical first cutting element 212 is attached to one end of first body 210 by brazing or other method first cutting element 212 is made of a superhard material such as polycrystalline diamond a trailing end not shown.