★ Paracord Knife | Blue Steel (Factory New)

Skin overview

★ Paracord Knife | Blue Steel is a survival knife with a cold-blued blade and a handle wrapped in grey paracord. In Factory New the bluing is even and deep, so the blade reads as a clean dark blue-grey surface without marks. This is the condition for buyers who want the finish exactly as intended.

Item type: knife. Covert is the top weapon rarity: usually the most prominent items of a collection or case.

Patina: an aged metal surface; wear is part of the design, so the gap between qualities is less visible.

How the skin looks in Factory New

The blade is covered in a cold-blued patina that gives it a dark blue to blue-grey tone, slightly lighter along the bevel and darker on the flat. The long slot cutout and the small holes along the spine break up the surface and catch light against the blued steel. The handle is wrapped in grey-beige paracord with a visible woven texture, ending in a metal pommel with a lanyard loop. Because this is a patina finish, the exact shade and distribution of tones can vary between copies depending on the pattern. On worn copies the bluing goes first at the cutting edge, the tip and the spine, where lighter steel shows through scratches.

The bluing covers the blade evenly with no visible scratches on the edge, tip or spine. Tonal variation comes only from the patina itself, not from wear. In game the blade reads as a smooth dark blue surface that reflects light cleanly. The paracord handle and pommel look the same as in every other grade.

Factory New wear: float 0–0.07

The whole float range of ★ Paracord Knife | Blue Steel is 0–1; Factory New takes the 0–0.07 segment (7% of the scale). The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Origin of the skin

It drops as a rare special item from:

• Shattered Web Case
• Fracture Case

What it costs in each quality

Taking Factory New as the baseline:

• Minimal Wear — 1.8× cheaper
• Field-Tested — 2.2× cheaper
• Well-Worn — 2.3× cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 2.2× cheaper

Based on the cheapest SkinOut.gg listing of each quality, otherwise on the market reference.

By price this skin is 6th of 17 skins Covert Paracord Knife in this quality (the first being the dearest).

StatTrak™ version

There is also a the StatTrak™ version: the counter on the weapon tracks kills. Right now it is 1.9× dearer than the regular one.

What to check before buying

• Look at the inspect screenshots, since the patina pattern changes how blue or how dark the blade appears.
• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, as copies near the cleaner end of a grade show fewer scratches on the edge and tip.
• Examine the tip, cutting edge and spine closely, because these parts lose the bluing first.
• Note whether the copy is StatTrak™ or carries a name tag, as both affect what you are paying for.

Who should buy Factory New

• Collectors who want the bluing completely untouched.
• Players who watch their knife in inspect animations and want a clean surface.
• Conclusion: the choice for a flawless blued blade.