★ Paracord Knife | Stained (Field-Tested)

The ★ Paracord Knife | Stained (Field-Tested, FT) is the middle wear grade of this Covert ★ finish, where the dripped lemon-and-mustard patina starts sharing space with visible surface wear. It's the point on the float scale where the blade looks genuinely handled rather than fresh.

Design

Rather than a painted pattern, the finish comes from a forced patina — lemon and mustard tones dripped onto the blade, with the exact streaking unique to each copy. The listing carries the flavor line "If you think it's messy now, wait until you see it under a blacklight," which sums up the intentionally grungy look.

★ Paracord Knife | Stained (Field-Tested) Float and Wear

Field-Tested lands roughly in the middle of the finish's full 0.00–1.00 float range, so scuffs now sit alongside the dripped patina rather than staying hidden. It's a clear step down from the near-mint look of the top two grades without going as far as the roughest end of the scale. In float terms, this grade runs 0.15–0.38.

Paracord Knife | Stained Rarity

As a Covert ★ item, this is the rare special ("knife") tier — a step above every ordinary weapon rarity a case can produce. That status applies to the finish as a whole, no matter which wear grade a given copy lands on.

Paracord Knife | Stained Case and Collection

This finish spans two boxes, the Shattered Web Case and the Fracture Case. The rare-special slot pulls at about 0.26% per case regardless of which one you open, so buying outright is usually the more practical route.

Paracord Knife Stained Patterns

No blue-gem style tier exists for this finish, but the streak layout genuinely shifts with the paint seed — some copies pool the lemon and mustard tones tightly, others spread them thinner. Collectors still lean toward a cleaner-looking seed even at this grade, since the pattern differences stay visible under the added wear.

StatTrak & Souvenir

A StatTrak™ edition of this knife exists, tracking confirmed kills permanently and carrying that tally through every trade or resale. No Souvenir version was ever produced, because knives don't appear in Major-tournament souvenir packages regardless of the case they come from.

Paracord Knife | Stained Price

Field-Tested prices in below the top two grades on this finish's ladder, though Stained still trades in grail-tier territory overall thanks to steady demand for the dripped look. The visible wear here is part of what keeps the entry cost lower than a near-mint copy. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

How worn does the Paracord Knife Stained look at Field-Tested?

It sits roughly in the middle of the finish's 0.00–1.00 float range, so scuffing and surface wear are clearly visible alongside the dripped patina rather than staying hidden. It's noticeably more handled than Minimal Wear (MW) but not as rough as the bottom grades.

Does the pattern seed still matter at Field-Tested?

Yes. The paint seed decides where the lemon and mustard streaks pool, and that layout stays visible even once surface wear is added on top. There's no blue-gem hierarchy, but a cleaner-looking seed is still worth comparing between listings.

Is the Paracord Knife Stained worth buying at Field-Tested?

It's a reasonable middle ground — noticeably cheaper than the near-mint grades while still showing off the dripped patina clearly. Given how grail-tier this finish runs overall, Field-Tested is a comparatively practical way in.