★ Butterfly Knife | Blue Steel (Factory New)

The ★ Butterfly Knife | Blue Steel (Factory New) is a Covert ★ knife finish built around a cold-blued steel treatment, giving the blade a dark gray-blue sheen instead of a painted graphic. Factory New is the sharpest-looking grade on offer, and here that cold-blued surface looks its most even.

Design

Blue Steel skips artwork entirely — the steel itself has been cold blued, producing a deep gray finish with a cool blue undertone that runs the length of the blade. It carries the flavor line "This is the malbec of weapon design," and at Factory New that dark, uniform tone is at its most consistent.

★ Butterfly Knife | Blue Steel (Factory New) Float and Wear

This finish runs the full 0.00–1.00 float scale, so Factory New sits at the very bottom of that range, right where the cold-blued surface looks darkest and most uniform. Unlike a capped finish, the worn end of this scale can get genuinely rough — but Factory New is nowhere near that. Factory New covers about 0.00–0.07 on the float scale.

Butterfly Knife | Blue Steel Rarity

Rarity: Covert ★ — the rare-special ("knife") slot, the gold-tier pull that ranks above every regular weapon grade in its case. That scarcity is set the moment the knife drops, well before wear enters the equation.

Butterfly Knife | Blue Steel Case and Collection

This finish comes from the Operation Breakout Weapon Case, a single dedicated source rather than a spread across multiple boxes. The rare-special ("knife") tier lands at roughly 0.26% per opening, so most buyers pick theirs up on the market instead of grinding case openings.

Butterfly Knife | Blue Steel Patterns

There's no paint seed to chase here — the cold-blued treatment is a fixed design, so every copy carries the same dark gray-blue surface. Wear and float are what actually separate one Blue Steel from another; there's no "best pattern" worth searching for.

StatTrak & Souvenir

A StatTrak™ version of this knife exists, logging confirmed kills permanently and keeping that count intact through any trade or sale. There's no Souvenir version, since knives are never included in Major-tournament souvenir packages.

Butterfly Knife | Blue Steel Price

Factory New tops the Blue Steel's own price ladder, ahead of every worn grade, and the finish overall sits in the upper-mid range, one of the pricier picks among this knife's finishes. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

What case is the Butterfly Knife Blue Steel in?

It comes from the Operation Breakout Weapon Case, its single dedicated source rather than a rotation of several boxes. Because pulling the rare-special ("knife") tier only happens around 0.26% of the time, most buyers just pick one up on the market.

Does the Blue Steel have a pattern or seed worth checking?

No — the cold-blued finish is fixed, so the dark gray-blue surface looks identical on every copy no matter the seed. Wear grade and float are the only things that actually change how a given copy looks.

What are the best gloves for the Butterfly Knife | Blue Steel?

Blue Steel's dark, cool-toned steel pairs naturally with gloves in charcoal, navy, or slate blue for a cohesive tactical look, while black gloves keep things understated without clashing. For the best Butterfly Knife Blue Steel glove combo, lean into that gray-blue palette rather than pairing it with warm colors.