A blade set for a cutting appliance, said blade set being arranged to be moved through hair in a moving direction to cut hair, said blade set comprising: - a stationary blade comprising a first wall arranged to serve as a skin facing wall when in operation, a second wall at least partially offset from the first wall, such that the first wall and the second wall define therebetween a guide slot arranged to receive a cutter, at least one toothed leading edge jointly formed by the first wall and the second wall, wherein the at least one toothed leading edge comprises a plurality of teeth, and wherein the first wall and the second wall are connected at a frontal end of the at least one leading edge, thereby forming tips of the teeth, and - a cutter comprising a main portion, particularly a substantially flat main portion obtained from sheet metal material, at least one toothed leading edge protruding from the main portion, the at least one toothed leading edge comprising a plurality of teeth, the cutter being movably arranged within the guide slot defined by the stationary blade, such that, upon relative motion between the cutter and the stationary blade, the at least one toothed leading edge of the cutter cooperates with corresponding teeth of the stationary blade to enable cutting of hair caught therebetween in a cutting action, wherein the cutter comprises a top side or top surface which is the side or surface that is facing the skin when the hair cutting appliance is in operation and a bottom side or bottom surface which is the side or surface that is facing away from the top side and facing away from the skin when the cutting appliance is in operation, wherein the cutter, at a bottom side thereof facing the second wall, comprises an elevated spacing arrangement associated with the least one toothed leading edge, the spacing arrangement being configured for spacing a substantially flat bottom surface of the at least one toothed leading edge of the cutter away from the second wall, characterized in that said elevated spacing arrangement is elevated with respect to a basically flat and planar shape of the bottom surface of the cutter. - a stationary blade comprising a first wall arranged to serve as a skin facing wall when in operation, a second wall at least partially offset from the first wall, such that the first wall and the second wall define therebetween a guide slot arranged to receive a cutter, at least one toothed leading edge jointly formed by the first wall and the second wall, wherein the at least one toothed leading edge comprises a plurality of teeth, and wherein the first wall and the second wall are connected at a frontal end of the at least one leading edge, thereby forming tips of the teeth, and - a cutter comprising a main portion, particularly a substantially flat main portion obtained from sheet metal material, at least one toothed leading edge protruding from the main portion, the at least one toothed leading edge comprising a plurality of teeth, the cutter being movably arranged within the guide slot defined by the stationary blade, such that, upon relative motion between the cutter and the stationary blade, the at least one toothed leading edge of the cutter cooperates with corresponding teeth of the stationary blade to enable cutting of hair caught therebetween in a cutting action,