A coated steel strip product with a dense and hard abrasion resistant
coating on one side or both sides of said strip. The thickness of said
coating is in total maximally 25 .mu.m, the hardness of said coating is
at least 600 HV and the tensile strength of the steel strip substrate is
at least 1200 MPa. The coating is preferably applied by electron beam
evaporation and the coating may be, e.g., of Al.sub.2O.sub.3. The coated
metal strip is useful for the manufacturing of doctor and coater blades
for paper and printing industry.