★ Paracord Knife | Stained (Factory New)

Skin overview

★ Paracord Knife | Stained puts a forced patina on the blade of a fixed-blade survival knife: cloudy pale blue and grey stains with darker veins running across the steel. In Factory New the mottled pattern sits on an unbroken surface, so every vein and colour shift between the stains is crisp. The grey paracord wrap on the handle keeps the whole knife in muted, cold tones.

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.

Appearance in Factory New

The whole blade is covered with a mottled patina in pale blue, grey and white tones, crossed by thin darker blue veins that give it a marbled, stained look. The spine area, including the long slot and the notched section near the guard, has a darker grey steel tone. The handle is wrapped tightly in grey-beige paracord and ends in a metal pommel with a lanyard loop. On worn copies the edge, the angled tip and the raised spine lose the patina first, while the corded handle changes little.

The patina covers the blade without interruption, from the tip to the guard. The darker veins and the soft transitions between the stains are fully readable. The spine, the slot and the notches keep an even steel tone. In game the knife looks exactly as on the inspect image.

Factory New quality — float range 0–0.07

The float of ★ Paracord Knife | Stained ranges from 0 to 1; the Factory New quality covers 0–0.07 — 7% of this skin’s scale. Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

It drops as a rare special item from:

• Shattered Web Case
• Fracture Case

Price by quality

Compared with the Factory New quality, the others go like this:

• Minimal Wear — 1.9× cheaper
• Field-Tested — 2.1× cheaper
• Well-Worn — 2.1× cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 2.1× cheaper

The comparison uses our cheapest listing of each quality; where there is none, the market reference.

By price this skin is 13th 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 5.2× dearer than the regular one.

What to look at before you buy

• Look at the float position within the wear range, since copies near the cleaner end keep noticeably more patina on the edge and tip.
• The arrangement of stains differs between copies, so check the inspect image to see how the pattern sits on the visible side of the blade.
• On worn grades check the tip and spine, as these lose the patina first and set the overall impression.
• Check whether the knife carries a name tag and whether it is the StatTrak™ version.

Who should buy Factory New

• Collectors who want the marbled patina complete and crisp.
• Players who inspect often and want every vein visible.
• The pick for anyone who wants this finish exactly as designed.