Shaving apparatus

A method of manufacturing a blade-shaped hair-pulling element for a cutting unit of a shaving apparatus, which cutting unit is provided with an external cutting member and an internal cutting member which can be driven with respect to the external cutting member, said internal cutting member having cutter elements which are provided with cutting edges, while said external cutting member is provided with a wall portion with hair-trapping openings which are bounded by counter cutting edges for cooperation with the cutting edges of the drivable cutter elements, each cutter element being provided with a blade-shaped hair-pulling element, each blade-shaped hair-pulling element being in frontmost position, as seen in the drive direction, and being moveable relative to the associated cutter element during operation of the shaving apparatus from and towards the wall portion of the external cutting member, each blade-shaped hair-pulling element being provided with a thickened end with an edge which during operation of the shaving apparatus comes into contact with a hair projecting through the hair-trapping opening and pulls this hair further through the hair-trapping opening before said hair is cut off through the cooperation of the cutting edge and the counter cutting edge,

• said method of manufacturing said blade-shaped hair-pulling element comprising the steps of shaping its outline, followed by bending, characterized in that during the step of shaping the outline, the blade-shaped hair-pulling element is provided with at least one tab, and further characterized in that during the step of bending of the blade-shaped hair-pulling element, the at least one tab is bent against an end portion of the blade-shaped hair-pulling element, thus forming said thickened end.