The object of the application is a supporting element (3, 3′, 33) for a tobacco industry machine designed to support a continuous rod, moving axially (2) during cutting by a rotationally mounted knife (4), whereas the supporting element (3, 3′, 33) comprises an at least partially cylindrical supporting surface (10) for the continuous rod (2), having a longitudinal axis (11), moreover the supporting element (3, 3′, 33) has a front surface (8) constituting a cutting surface, characterised in that the front surface (8) has a depression (12, 12′, 42).