★ Paracord Knife | Case Hardened (Field-Tested)

The ★ Paracord Knife | Case Hardened (Field-Tested, FT) shows the same blue, gold, and steel case-hardened patina in a middle wear grade. Field-Tested balances a still-readable patina against a lower price than the two grades above it.

Design

This blade's coloring comes from color case-hardening with wood charcoal at high heat, leaving an irregular blue, gold, and steel mix instead of any painted design. It's paired with the flavor line "A little color never hurt anyone." The paint seed on a given copy fixes that color split, and seeds heavy on blue are the ones collectors chase and pay the most for.

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

Case Hardened's float covers the complete 0.00 to 1.00 span, so all five grades exist, and Field-Tested sits squarely in the middle of that range. Light scuffing and some added surface texture show up here, but the case-hardening itself doesn't fade or shift the way a painted skin's color might, so the blue-gold-steel split stays fully readable. Field-Tested runs from about 0.15 to 0.38 on the float scale.

Paracord Knife | Case Hardened Rarity

Covert ★ rarity applies here too — the rare special ("knife") classification set apart from the usual weapon tiers. Any knife pull remains a rare event no matter which grade it lands at.

Paracord Knife | Case Hardened Case and Collection

This finish is available from the Shattered Web Case and the Fracture Case, with no confirmed date tying it to a single specific update. The rare-special pull rate stays around 0.26% from either case.

Paracord Knife Blue Gem Patterns

Case Hardened lives or dies by its paint seed, which fixes the exact ratio of blue to gold and steel on the playside. Pattern #403 sits at the very top as the legendary God Tier roll — an almost fully blue face so rare only a handful have ever been unboxed — with a Tier-1 group of other strong blue seeds (#316, #456, #58, #681, #577, #169) just below it, ahead of a long tail of lesser patterns. Wear grade never touches that seed, so a Field-Tested copy with a great pattern keeps its full blue-gem value.

StatTrak & Souvenir

A StatTrak version of this knife exists too, adding a permanent kill counter once it begins tracking. Souvenir editions were never produced for knives, since Major-tournament souvenir packages exclude them entirely.

Paracord Knife | Case Hardened Price

Field-Tested lands in the middle of the five-grade ladder, priced below Factory New (FN) and Minimal Wear (MW) but above the two most-worn grades. Case Hardened's grail-tier standing among this knife's finishes still holds here — a strong blue seed can make a Field-Tested copy worth more than a plain Factory New. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Is Field-Tested a reasonable middle ground for Case Hardened?

Yes — it costs less than the top two grades while keeping the patina fully legible, since case-hardening doesn't fade with wear the way paint can. The trade-off is some light surface scuffing, which matters far less here than the underlying paint seed.

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

Pattern #403 is the finish's legendary God Tier seed, an almost fully blue face treated as the market's benchmark, with only a handful ever unboxed. A Tier-1 group — #316, #456, #58, #681, #577, and #169 — trails it, ahead of a long tail of more ordinary blue patterns. A Field-Tested copy with one of these seeds keeps that same standing.

What's the most accessible Case Hardened grade?

Well-Worn (WW) and Battle-Scarred (BS) sit lowest on this finish's own price ladder, making them the most accessible entry points specifically — though the finish overall still ranks grail-tier among this knife's finishes, so "accessible" here is relative, not cheap.