★ Paracord Knife | Safari Mesh (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

In Battle-Scarred this camouflage knife shows a lot of bare steel, with the olive and tan paint left in patches across the flat of the blade. The mesh stencil is hard to follow, so the look moves from camouflage towards a weathered field blade. For many buyers it is the simplest way to own a ★ knife with a rugged character.

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

Spray-Paint: paint sprayed over the metal; scratches and scuffs appear early but look natural.

Appearance in Battle-Scarred

The blade is a tanto-style shape with a long through-slot, painted in a grey-olive base with lighter tan blotches and a faint mesh pattern laid over the whole surface. The notched area near the guard and the spine carry the same muted colours, so the knife has no contrasting accents.

Battle-Scarred shows heavy paint loss across the edge, tip, spine and slot, with large bare areas reaching into the flat of the blade. The camouflage survives as scattered olive and tan islands, and the mesh is hard to trace. Because the range stops short of the most extreme values, some paint always remains. The handle cord looks worn and grimy but keeps its shape.

Battle-Scarred quality — float range 0.45–0.8

The whole float range of ★ Paracord Knife | Safari Mesh is 0.06–0.8; Battle-Scarred takes the 0.45–0.8 segment (47% 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

Compared with the Battle-Scarred quality, the others go like this:

• Factory New — 2.4× dearer
• Minimal Wear — 6% dearer
• Field-Tested — 5% cheaper
• Well-Worn — 1% cheaper

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

Among 13 skins of the Paracord Knife in the Covert grade and this quality, this skin ranks 11th by price, counting from the dearest.

StatTrak™ version

This skin has a the StatTrak™ version with a kill counter. Right now it is 33% dearer than the regular one.

What to check before buying

• Compare the float within the chosen wear, since in Field-Tested and above it decides how much bare steel shows at the tip and edge.
• Inspect the rims of the blade slot and the spine, which lose paint early and are visible during inspect animations.
• Pattern placement shifts the tan blotches slightly but does not change the skin much, so judge copies mainly by wear.
• Check whether the copy is StatTrak™ or has a name tag if either matters to you.

Who the Battle-Scarred quality suits

• Players who want the most accessible entry into ★ knives.
• Buyers who prefer a rugged, heavily used field-blade look.
• The budget entry for those who value owning a knife over a clean finish.