★ Karambit | Blue Steel (Field-Tested)

The ★ Karambit | Blue Steel (Field-Tested) is a Covert ★ knife finish showing a cold-blued gray-blue surface with some visible handling. Field-Tested sits at the middle of its full five-wear range, carrying noticeably more wear than the top two grades but still short of a battered look.

Design

Cold bluing alone defines the look — a gunmetal gray base with a blue undertone that shifts under different lighting, no paint or added graphics involved. It carries the flavor line "This is the malbec of weapon design."

★ Karambit | Blue Steel (Field-Tested) Float and Wear

With the finish spanning the full 0.00–1.00 float range, Field-Tested lands squarely in the middle, showing scattered scuffing and a duller sheen across the blued surface compared to the top two grades. It's a clear step down in cleanliness without tipping into heavy damage. Field-Tested covers about 0.15–0.38 on the float scale.

Karambit | Blue Steel Rarity

Rarity: Covert ★ — the gold-tier rare special ("knife") slot that ranks above every standard weapon grade a case can drop. That rarity comes from pulling the knife itself, not from which wear it happens to land on.

Karambit | Blue Steel Case and Collection

This finish belongs to no single collection — it's one of the original knife finishes, found across a broad run of cases including the CS:GO Weapon Case and the Revolver Case. The rare-special tier overall sits at about 0.26% per case opening, which is why the market is where most copies get bought rather than unboxed fresh.

Karambit Blue Steel Patterns

The design here is fixed, meaning the paint-seed index has zero effect on how the finish looks. Every Blue Steel shows the same cold-blued surface no matter the seed, so there's no pattern or blue-gem angle to hunt — just wear grade and float doing the differentiating.

StatTrak & Souvenir

A StatTrak™ version of this knife tracks confirmed kills permanently and keeps that count through any trade or sale. Souvenir versions don't exist for it, since knives are never handed out in Major-tournament souvenir packages regardless of finish or case.

Karambit | Blue Steel Price

Field-Tested lands in the middle of the Blue Steel price ladder, behind the two cleaner grades but ahead of the two worn ones, and sits in the mid-tier range among this knife's finishes overall. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

How worn does a Field-Tested Karambit Blue Steel look?

It shows clear scuffing and a duller sheen across the cold-blued surface compared to Factory New or Minimal Wear, but it isn't battered — Field-Tested sits right in the middle of the finish's full float range, offering a visibly used look without going to the extreme end.

Does the seed change the pattern on a Field-Tested Blue Steel?

No. The finish has a fixed design, so the paint seed never alters how the blade looks regardless of wear grade. Every Blue Steel carries the same cold-blued surface, meaning float and wear are the only real variables between copies.

What's the cheapest wear grade for the Karambit Blue Steel?

Battle-Scarred sits at the bottom of the Blue Steel's own price ladder as the most worn, and therefore most accessible, grade of the finish. It's still a several-hundred-unit knife overall, but it's the entry point if you want this finish for less.