A coated steel strip product with a dense and hard abrasion resistant
coating on one side or both sides of said strip substrate is provided.
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 suitable for shaving
equipment, medical instruments, utility and industrial knives as well as
saw applications.