Method for manufacturing steel strip for blade, and steel strip for blade

A method for manufacturing a steel strip for a blade that includes, in percent by mass, 0.55 to 0.80% C, 1.0% or less Si, 1.0% or less Mn, and 12.0 to 14.0% Cr with the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities, the method comprising:

• a batch annealing step for annealing in a vacuum a material for cold rolling having the aforementioned composition wound in a coil shape using a batch annealing furnace;
• a cooling step for cooling the material is performed until a material temperature reaches 600 to 750° C.;
• and
• a cold rolling step for forming a steel strip by performing cold rolling one or more times on the material for cold rolling that has been batch annealed and cooled,
• wherein the batch annealing step includes a first uniform temperature step for maintaining heating for 2 to 5 hours at an internal furnace temperature exceeding 450° C. and less than 690° C. that is lower than a transformation point of the material to precipitate carbide, and a second uniform temperature step, carried out after the first uniform temperature step, for maintaining heating for 5 to 11 hours at an internal furnace temperature exceeding 800° C. and less than 900°° C. that is equal to or greater than the transformation point of the material to form the carbide into a spherical shape,
• wherein the steel strip for a blade does not contain Mo,
• wherein a metal structure of the steel strip for a blade is a ferrite structure in which a carbide is dispersed, and
• density of the carbide is 100 to 190 particles/100 μm2.