A cutting appliance and a blade set that includes a cutter and a stationary blade. The stationary blade has a guide slot. A cutter is movably arranged within the guide slot. The cutter includes, at a side thereof facing away from a skin facing wall of the stationary blade, an elevated spacing arrangement associated with a toothed leading edge of the cutter, and being configured for spacing a substantially flat bottom surface of the at toothed leading edge of the cutter away from the skin facing wall.