A hard facing chromium-base alloy consisting essentially of 30.0 to 48.0% by weight of nickel, at least one member selected from the group consisting of 1.5 to 15.0% by weight of tungsten and 1.0 to less than 6.5% by weight of molybdenum, at least one member selected from the group consisting of 0.3 to 2.0% by weight of carbon, 0.1 to 1.5% by weight of boron and 0.1 to 1.5% by weight of silicon, 1.0 to 4.0% by weight of niobium, 0.5 to 2.5% by weight of titanium, 0.01 to 0.12% by weight of one or more of aluminum, yttrium, misch metal, zirconium and hafnium, the balance comprising 40.0 or more % by weight of chromium and unavoidable impurities, the maximum sum of tungsten and molybdenum being less than 15.0% by weight, the maximum sum of niobium and titanium being 5.0% by weight, and the weight ratio of chromium to nickel being at least 1.