The invention relates to a medical instrument in particular a surgical instrument with an intervention portion (20) for a medical intervention and with a grip (14) designed for holding the instrument preferably for actuating the intervention portion with a grip surface portion (1) which is made of stainless steel and which has an arrangement with recesses (0) and formed between the recesses enclosure portions (4 5 6 7). According to the invention provision is made that the recesses (0) each have a hexagonal edge (2) with six edge portions of equal length (3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 5 3 6) that mutually adjoining edge portions (3 1 3 2 3 2 3 3...) of each recess (0) upstream and/or downstream of a winding of the arrangement on a plane surface span the same angle (f) of 120 degrees and that the edge (2) is formed by the enclosure portions (4 5 6 7) formed between adjacent recesses (0) as a result of which a honeycomb structure (9) is obtained.
