★ Survival Knife | Case Hardened (Battle-Scarred)

The ★ Survival Knife | Case Hardened (Battle-Scarred, BS) wears its blue, gold, and steel case-hardened patina under the heaviest surface damage this finish reaches. It's the most accessible grade of the finish, trading polish for the lowest price point.

Design

The patina here comes from color case-hardening with wood charcoal at high heat, a mottled blue-gold-steel look that's different on every copy rather than a fixed graphic. It ships with the line "A little color never hurt anyone" attached directly.

★ Survival Knife | Case Hardened (Battle-Scarred) Float and Wear

Battle-Scarred sits at the high-float, most-worn end of this finish's 0.00–1.00 range, covering the 0.45–1.00 band. Since this finish runs the full float scale, Battle-Scarred can reach genuinely heavy scratching and paint loss across the blade and handle — more than any other grade this finish offers.

Survival Knife | Case Hardened Rarity

Rarity: Covert ★ — a rare special ("knife") item and the gold-tier rare drop from its case, distinct from a standard Covert weapon rarity.

Survival Knife | Case Hardened Case and Collection

Sourced from the Shattered Web Case or the Fracture Case, this finish shares the roughly 0.26% gold-tier knife odds those cases apply across the item category, not to this pattern specifically.

Survival Knife | Case Hardened Patterns

Even at heavy wear, the blue-versus-gold-and-steel split is still decided entirely by the paint seed set at generation. Pattern #403 remains the top benchmark at around 96.8% blue on the playside, with #634 and #577 as the other known Tier-1 seeds, and none of that ranking changes with float. A Battle-Scarred copy carrying a Tier-1 seed still counts as a genuine blue gem — it's simply the cheapest way to own that pattern.

StatTrak & Souvenir

This finish exists as both a regular knife and a StatTrak version with a permanent confirmed-kill counter. No Souvenir version exists, since Souvenir items only ever come from Major-tournament packages and knives have never been part of them.

Survival Knife | Case Hardened Price

Battle-Scarred is the most accessible grade on this finish's ladder, priced below every other wear here — the way in for buyers chasing a specific pattern without paying for surface condition. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Is Battle-Scarred the cheapest way to own a blue gem?

Yes. Since blue coverage is fixed by the paint seed and unrelated to wear, a Battle-Scarred copy with pattern #403 or another Tier-1 seed is the least expensive way to own that exact pattern, at the cost of a scuffed-up surface.

How badly damaged does Battle-Scarred look?

This is the roughest grade the finish reaches — heavy scratching and paint loss spread across the blade and handle, since the float scale here runs the full range up to 1.00 with no cap softening the top end.

Does the pattern still show through at Battle-Scarred?

Largely, yes. The blue-gold-steel layout survives even under heavy surface wear, though fine detail is harder to make out than on a cleaner copy. Collectors chasing a specific seed will still recognize a strong pattern here.