Blade set, hair cutting appliance, and related manufacturing method

The present disclosure relates to a hair cutting appliance (10), a blade set (20), and to a stationary blade (22) for said blade set (20). Said stationary blade (22) may comprise a first wall portion (100) arranged to serve as a skin facing wall when in operation, a second wall portion (102) at least partially offset from the first wall portion (100), such that the first wall portion (100) and the second wall portion (102) define therebetween a guide slot (96) arranged to receive a movable cutter blade (24), an intermediate wall portion (44) arranged between the first wall portion (100) and the second wall portion (102), at least one toothed leading edge (30) jointly formed by the first wall portion (100) and the second wall portion (102), wherein the at least one toothed leading edge (30) comprises a plurality of teeth (36), wherein the first wall portion (100) and the second wall portion (102) are connected at a frontal end of the at least one leading edge (30), thereby forming tips (86) of the teeth (36), wherein the stationary blade (22) is an integrally formed metal-plastic composite stationary blade (22), wherein the first wall portion (100) is at least partially made from metal material, wherein the second wall portion (102) is at least partially made from plastic material, wherein the intermediate wall portion (44) defines a central offset (lco) between the first wall portion (100) and the second wall portion (102), and wherein the intermediate wall portion (44) is adapted to a respective opening (46) of a to-be-mounted movable cutter blade (24). The disclosure further relates to a method for manufacturing a respective blade (22).