★ Paracord Knife | Case Hardened (Factory New)

The ★ Paracord Knife | Case Hardened (Factory New) is a Covert-rarity knife finish carrying a color case-hardened blue, gold, and steel patina rather than any painted graphic. Factory New is the lowest-float grade of the five available, and it's the one buyers reach for when the paint seed underneath is a strong blue gem.

Design

Applying wood charcoal at high temperature to the steel is what produces this blade's uneven blue, gold, and steel patina. It comes attached with the line "A little color never hurt anyone." How much of each color shows is entirely down to the paint seed, and copies weighted heavily toward blue — "blue gem" copies — trade at a serious premium over the rest.

★ Paracord Knife | Case Hardened (Factory New) Float and Wear

Case Hardened spans the full 0.00 to 1.00 float scale, putting all five wear grades in play, and Factory New is the lowest-float, most detailed grade of that set. The blue, gold, and steel zones read sharply here, with no surface roughness working against the pattern's edges. Factory New covers the 0.00–0.07 band on the float scale.

Paracord Knife | Case Hardened Rarity

Rarity sits at Covert ★, the gold-tier rare special ("knife") classification that stands apart from the normal weapon rarity scale entirely. Every knife pull from a case is a rare outcome by design.

Paracord Knife | Case Hardened Case and Collection

This finish comes from the Shattered Web Case and the Fracture Case, with no confirmed release date beyond that. Either case gives roughly the same 0.26% rare-special odds of pulling a knife.

Paracord Knife Blue Gem Patterns

Case Hardened is THE blue-gem finish, and the paint seed decides the entire story — how much blue coverage lands on the playside against the gold and steel around it. Pattern #403 is the legendary "God Tier" roll, an almost fully blue face so rare only a handful have ever been unboxed, standing as the finish's number one benchmark. Behind it sits a Tier-1 group of other heavily blue seeds — #316, #456, #58, #681, #577, and #169 — followed by a long tail of lesser patterns. That seed never changes once it's set, so a heavy blue gem in any grade trades far above an ordinary gold-and-steel copy.

StatTrak & Souvenir

A StatTrak version of this knife exists alongside the regular one, adding a confirmed-kill counter that becomes permanent once it begins tracking. No Souvenir version exists, since knives are never included in Major-tournament souvenir packages regardless of case or seed.

Paracord Knife | Case Hardened Price

Factory New sits at the top of this finish's five-grade price ladder, and Case Hardened as a whole already ranks grail-tier among this knife's finishes — genuinely one of the priciest picks in the lineup. A God Tier seed like #403 can push the price far beyond even a typical Factory New. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

What is the best Paracord Knife Case Hardened pattern / blue gem seed?

Pattern #403 is the legendary top seed — an almost fully blue playside so rare only a handful have ever been unboxed, and the finish's number one benchmark. A Tier-1 group of other heavily blue seeds, including #316, #456, #58, #681, #577, and #169, sits just below it, ahead of a long tail of lesser patterns. The seed is fixed for the copy's whole life and never changes with wear.

What are the best gloves for the Paracord Knife | Case Hardened?

Blue-toned gloves pair naturally with a heavily blue seed, while gold or bronze-accented pairs pick up the warmer patches on a more gold-and-steel copy. Because the patina already mixes cool and warm tones, this finish is flexible for loadout matching rather than demanding one exact color. For the best Paracord Knife Case Hardened glove combo, echo whichever tone dominates your seed instead of fighting it.

What case is the Paracord Knife Case Hardened in?

It drops from the Shattered Web Case and the Fracture Case rather than a single source. The rare-special pull rate for a knife lands around 0.26% from either.